Carpet Installers
Tasks Include:
- Join edges of carpet and seam edges where necessary, by sewing or by using tape with glue and heated carpet iron.
- Cut and trim carpet to fit along wall edges, openings, and projections, finishing the edges with a wall trimmer.
- Inspect the surface to be covered to determine its condition, and correct any imperfections that might show through carpet or cause carpet to wear unevenly.
- Roll out, measure, mark, and cut carpeting to size with a carpet knife, following floor sketches and allowing extra carpet for final fitting.
- Plan the layout of the carpet, allowing for expected traffic patterns and placing seams for best appearance and longest wear.
- Stretch carpet to align with walls and ensure a smooth surface, and press carpet in place over tack strips or use staples, tape, tacks or glue to hold carpet in place.
- Take measurements and study floor sketches to calculate the area to be carpeted and the amount of material needed.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +0.7%
National: -8.8%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately High ($36,000 - $49,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$45,240.00
State
$38,400.00
Regional
Carpet Installers
Description
Career Cluster: | Architecture & Construction |
Lay and install carpet from rolls or blocks on floors. Install padding and trim flooring materials.
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Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 69.22%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 22.34%
- Some College Courses = 7.18%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 1.26%
Related Work Experience
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 23.81%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 23.45%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 21.30%
- None = 12.46%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 12.18%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 6.79%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- None = 25.70%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 18.13%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 15.25%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 14.46%
- Up to and including 1 month = 7.96%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 7.11%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 5.46%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 4.12%
- Over 10 years = 1.81%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 23.63%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 22.62%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 20.39%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 12.27%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 10.91%
- None or short demonstration = 7.11%
- Over 10 years = 1.81%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 1.26%
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Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Join edges of carpet and seam edges where necessary, by sewing or by using tape with glue and heated carpet iron.
- Cut and trim carpet to fit along wall edges, openings, and projections, finishing the edges with a wall trimmer.
- Inspect the surface to be covered to determine its condition, and correct any imperfections that might show through carpet or cause carpet to wear unevenly.
- Roll out, measure, mark, and cut carpeting to size with a carpet knife, following floor sketches and allowing extra carpet for final fitting.
- Plan the layout of the carpet, allowing for expected traffic patterns and placing seams for best appearance and longest wear.
- Stretch carpet to align with walls and ensure a smooth surface, and press carpet in place over tack strips or use staples, tape, tacks or glue to hold carpet in place.
- Take measurements and study floor sketches to calculate the area to be carpeted and the amount of material needed.
- Cut carpet padding to size and install padding, following prescribed method.
- Install carpet on some floors using adhesive, following prescribed method.
- Nail tack strips around area to be carpeted or use old strips to attach edges of new carpet.
- Fasten metal treads across door openings or where carpet meets flooring to hold carpet in place.
- Measure, cut and install tackless strips along the baseboard or wall.
- Draw building diagrams and record dimensions.
- Move furniture from area to be carpeted and remove old carpet and padding.
- Cut and bind material.
- Clean up before and after installation, including vacuuming carpet and discarding remnant pieces.
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Carpet Installers
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Staple guns (Air underlayment staplers)
- Glue guns (Butane glue guns)
- Calculators or accessories (Calculators)
- Drill bits (Carbide drill bits)
- Awls (Carpet awls)
- Shears (Carpet base cutters)
- Hold down clamps (Carpet clamps)
- Shears (Carpet cutters)
- Torque tools (Carpet grippers/pullers)
- Ironing machines or presses (Carpet seam steamers)
- Shears (Carpet shears)
- Hand trucks or accessories (Carpet trolleys)
- Tensioners (Carpet tucking tools)
- Caulking guns
- Power nail guns (Concrete nail drivers)
- Glue guns (Cool tip glue guns)
- Glue guns (Cove base guns)
- Shears (Cushion back cutters)
- Shears (Cushion lock cutters)
- Desktop computers
- Pullers (Door pin tools)
- Staple guns (Edge-binding staplers)
- Power staple guns (Electric carpet tackers)
- Glue guns (Electric glue guns)
- Knife blades (Floor scraper blades)
- Furniture moving discs (Furniture skids)
- Staple guns (Hammer tackers)
- Hammers
- Hand trucks or accessories (Hand trucks)
- Staple guns (Heavy duty electric staplers)
- Drill bits (Hexagon bit adaptors)
- Knife blades (Hooked blades)
- Power saws (Jamb saws)
- Tensioners (Knee kickers)
- Laser printers
- Shears (Loop pile cutters)
- Pry bars (Molding lifter bars)
- Utility knives (Multipurpose trimmers)
- Pneumatic nail drivers (Nail driving guns)
- Shears (Napping shears)
- Notebook computers
- Personal computers
- Torque tools (Power carpet stretchers)
- Power drills
- Knife blades (Round corner carpet blades)
- Fids (Row separators)
- Mallets (Rubber mallets)
- Shears (Seam cutters)
- Tensioners (Seam squeezers)
- Sewing needles
- Drill bits (Spiral drill bits)
- Knife blades (Square corner carpet blades)
- Tensioners (Stair claws)
- Tensioners (Stairway stretchers)
- Shears (Standup cutters)
- Ironing machines or presses (Steaming irons)
- Straight edges (Straightedges)
- Knife blades (Strip cutter blades)
- Shears (Strip cutters)
- Trowels (Switchblade trowels)
- Tensioners (Swivel-lock stretchers)
- Knife blades (Tackless cutter blades)
- Tape measures
- Power saws (Toe kick saws)
- Knife blades (Trimmer carpet blades)
- Utility knives (Tucking trimmers)
- Tensioners (Turning tools)
- Ultraviolet UV lamps (Ultraviolet UV seam inspection lights)
- Power saws (Undercut saws)
- Utility knives
- Utility knives (Wall trimmers)
Technologies Include:
- Analytical or scientific software
- Yardage Bible software
- Calendar and scheduling software
- RFMS Schedule Pro
- Project management software
- Aya Associates Comp-U-Floor
- Carpet Dealer Management System CDMS
- FCS FloorEstimate Pro
- FCS FloorSales Pro
- FIRST Flooring software
- FloorCOST Estimator for Excel
- Flooring Technologies QFloors
- FloorRight software
- Focus Floor Covering Software
- T.E.H. TakeOff
- TMS FloorMaster Estimating
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Special Requirements
Experience: No previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations.
Education: This occupation may require a high school diploma or GED certificate. Some may require a formal training course to obtain a license.
Training: Carpet Installers need anywhere from a few days to a few months of training. Usually, an experienced worker could show you how to do the job.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Virginia Career VIEW Research. (Using onet28)
Carpet Installers
Additional Resources
For general information about the work of carpet installers and floor layers, contact:
Floor Covering Installation Contractors Association
7439 Milwood Dr.
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
Additional information on training for carpet installers and floor layers is available from:
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
1750 New York Ave. NW.
Washington, DC 20006
http://www.iupat.org
For general information about the work of tilesetters and finishers, contact:
International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Crafts Workers
International Masonry Institute
Apprenticeship and Training
815 15th St. NW.
Washington, DC 20005
http://www.bacweb.org
National Association of Home Builders
1201 15th St. NW.
Washington, DC 20005
http://www.nahb.com
For information concerning training of carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers contact:
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
101 Constitution Ave. NW.
Washington, DC 20001
http://www.carpenters.org/Home.aspx
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Virginia Career VIEW Research. (Using onet28)
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Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
66.75 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
60.50 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
60.00 | Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
57.75 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
57.25 | Building and Construction | Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads. |
51.75 | Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
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Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
53.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
53.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
50.00 | Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. |
50.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
50.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
50.00 | Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
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Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
65.50 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
65.50 | Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
65.50 | Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing. |
62.50 | Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
62.50 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
56.25 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
56.25 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
56.25 | Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
56.25 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
53.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
53.00 | Stamina | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. |
53.00 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
53.00 | Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. |
50.00 | Depth Perception | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. |
50.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
50.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
50.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
50.00 | Dynamic Strength | The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue. |
50.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
50.00 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
89.75 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
86.75 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
78.50 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
72.50 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
68.00 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
66.75 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
65.25 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
64.50 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
62.00 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
60.75 | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment | Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft. |
60.50 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
59.75 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
58.25 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
56.50 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
55.00 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
52.50 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
51.00 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
50.50 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
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Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
91.25 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
87.50 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
78.50 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
78.25 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
74.75 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
73.25 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
72.25 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
70.75 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
70.25 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
67.50 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
67.25 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
66.00 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
65.75 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
65.00 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
64.50 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
61.50 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
55.50 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
97.40 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
94.60 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
92.20 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
89.20 | Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling | How much does this job require kneeling, crouching, stooping or crawling? |
88.00 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
86.60 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
85.60 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
84.80 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
84.00 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
82.80 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
82.60 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
81.60 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
81.40 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
79.20 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
76.00 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
75.40 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
74.80 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
72.60 | Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions | How often does this job require working in cramped work spaces that requires getting into awkward positions? |
70.20 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
70.00 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
69.80 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
69.40 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
68.60 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
67.40 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
67.00 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
66.80 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
63.00 | In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)? |
60.00 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
57.40 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
56.80 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
55.40 | Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting | How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions? |
53.40 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
50.60 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
50.60 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
50.00 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
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Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, counter and rental clerks, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, tellers, and dental laboratory technicians.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $29,120.00 | $45,240.00 | $60,350.00 |
Virginia | $30,610.00 | $38,400.00 | $44,090.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 27,200 | 24,800 | -8.8% |
Virginia | 538 | 542 | +0.7% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | 315 | 315 | +0.0% |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | 135 | 129 | -4.4% |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Related Occupations
Related Occupations
The related occupations here have similar general capabilities and interests; career explorers may also be interested in the related occupations:- Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles
- Tile and Stone Setters
- Floor Sanders and Finishers
- Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall
- Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
- Paperhangers
- Furniture Finishers
- Carpenters
- Terrazzo Workers and Finishers
- Insulation Workers, Mechanical
- Upholsterers
- Plasterers and Stucco Masons
- Brickmasons and Blockmasons
- Roofers
- Sheet Metal Workers
- Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
- Glaziers
- Segmental Pavers
- Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters
- Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
Careers in Construction Pathway:
- Brickmasons and Blockmasons
- Carpenters
- Carpet Installers
- Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
- Construction Laborers
- Construction Managers
- Continuous Mining Machine Operators
- Conveyor Operators and Tenders
- Crane and Tower Operators
- Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas
- Dredge Operators
- Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
- Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas
- Electricians
- Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining
- Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters
- Extraction Workers, All Other
- Fence Erectors
- First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
- Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles
- Floor Sanders and Finishers
- Glaziers
- Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other
- Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters
- Helpers--Carpenters
- Helpers--Electricians
- Helpers--Extraction Workers
- Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons
- Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
- Helpers--Roofers
- Hoist and Winch Operators
- Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall
- Insulation Workers, Mechanical
- Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining
- Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers
- Material Moving Workers, All Other
- Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
- Painters, Construction and Maintenance
- Paperhangers
- Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators
- Pile Driver Operators
- Pipelayers
- Plasterers and Stucco Masons
- Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
- Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers
- Riggers
- Rock Splitters, Quarry
- Roof Bolters, Mining
- Roofers
- Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas
- Roustabouts, Oil and Gas
- Segmental Pavers
- Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas
- Sheet Metal Workers
- Solar Energy Installation Managers
- Solar Photovoltaic Installers
- Stonemasons
- Structural Iron and Steel Workers
- Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
- Tapers
- Terrazzo Workers and Finishers
- Tile and Stone Setters
- Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
- Carpet Floor Layer Apprentice
- Carpet Installer
- Carpet Installer Helper
- Carpet Jack
- Carpet Journeyman
- Carpet Layer
- Carpet Mechanic
- Carpet Tile Layer
- Commercial Carpet Installer
- Commercial Floor Covering Installer
- Floor Coverer
- Floor Covering Installer
- Floor Installation Mechanic
- Floor Installer
- Floor Layer
- Flooring Installer
- Flooring Mechanic
- Installer
- Residential Carpet Installer
- Rug Layer
- Wall-to-Wall Carpet Installer
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Related Schools
- College of Southern Nevada
- Ivy Tech Community College
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