Who’s the course for?

People who wish to start a career in the flooring industry and are motivated to work hard to become valuable members of the construction work force.

Course aims and benefits

The course has been designed in close consultation with industry and is offered as part of the Apprenticeship programme. It provides training and assessment in the cutting, laying and fitting of textile & impervious floor coverings including vinyl, thermoplastic, lino and other sheet materials to floors and stair areas together with the practical and theoretical knowledge to achieve the flooring framework.

Course content

Key Skills

• Application of numbers
• Communications

Induction Programme

• Mandatory subjects
• Mobile towers & safe use of ladders
• Fire fighting
• Manual handling

Practical training

• Developing customer relationships
• Storing materials and equipment
• Conforming to efficient work practices
• Moving and handling resources
• Preparing surfaces to receive floor coverings
• Setting out for laying floor coverings
• Installing textile floor coverings
• Installing impervious floor coverings
• Erecting and dismantling:

– basic work platforms

– access platforms (up to 5 metres high)

– working platforms

Entry requirements

All candidates will be required to complete a Skills Learning exercise, and some will need to attend the college for further tests. Apprentices should be capable of reading and interpreting plans, instructions and drawings, as well as being able to calculate areas and quantities of materials required. Flooring projects are often of relatively short duration and so this career may at times offer the opportunity of some travelling to new projects.

Training methods

• Training at the college combines classroom and practical training.

Methods of assessment

All knowledge and understanding assessments will be carried out during attendance at the College. Arrangements will be made to assess apprentices in the workplace during on-site periods. Guidance in portfolio collation and assessments for an NVQ Level 2 qualification will be discussed with the employer and apprentice.

Qualification/Certification

• Foundation Apprenticeship – Flooring
• NVQ Level 2 – Floor Covering
• Intermediate Certificate (ICA) flooring
• Key Skills – Level 1
• Mobile Towers
• First Aid Appointed Persons
• Fire fighting
• Health and Safety test
• Safe Use of Ladders
• Manual Handling

Where and when

This apprenticeship is available through the following campus:
NNC South (Erith)

Year 1: 3 x 4-week blocks (NCC South) and 1 x 3-week block (NCC South)

Year 2: 1 x 4-week block (NCC South) and1 x 3-week block (NCC South)

The remaining part of the programme is spent on-site with the apprentice’s employer to gain work experience.

For details of our apprenticeship programmes call 0844 8440409
For apprenticeship recruitment enquiries call 0844 8440043
To find out more about this apprenticeship download the training programme (328kb PDF file).