The Work
Resilient floor and decorative coverings workers install, replace and repair all types of carpets, plastic laminates and other decorative coverings in residential, commercial and industrial buildings, airplanes, ships, swimming pools, highway medians, garage aprons, automobiles and athletic fields.  This trade requires a well trained, versatile worker, knowledgeable about flooring products, able to prepare a pattern to absolute tolerances and to use scribes and dividers for precision work.  Floorcoverers use measuring, hammering, spreading and cutting and shearing tools as well as power tools, floor preparation and stretching tools, and lifting equipment. 

The Working Conditions
Floorcoverers work mostly indoors.  The work environment is frequently dirty.  Working conditions require considerable stooping, kneeling, reaching, stretching, and heavy lifting.

Wages 
Union
Apprentices: $11.11 per hour 
Journey level:  $22.22 per hour 

updated 1/03 

For more information:
For more information on this program, contact the Oregon Bureau of Labor & Industries at (503) 731-4072 or visit them online at: Bureau of Labor and Industries

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