Floor Finisher
What the work is
Measures, cuts, installs and repairs carpet, timber, vinyl or resin floor coverings, or polishes concrete floors.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Measures, cuts and trims flooring materials to fit the dimensions of the area to be covered
- Prepares the subfloor by cleaning, leveling and repairing any imperfections
- Uses appropriate tools and equipment to lay carpet, timber or vinyl flooring, spread resin or polish concrete flooring
- Applies adhesives, nails or other fasteners to ensure secure flooring installation
- Repairs or replaces damaged or worn flooring materials
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in homes, offices and shops being fitted with timber, carpet, vinyl and polished concrete floors. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A long timber floor goes down with tight joins and not a single gap
- Handing over a house where the floors are the first thing visitors notice
- Polished concrete that reflects the ceiling lights like still water
Hard days
- Kneeling on a hard subfloor all day, then finding it is not flat enough
- A client who wants to move in tomorrow, on a floor that needs time to settle
- A delivery of flooring that is the wrong colour, three hours' drive from the nearest replacement
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 361131, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.