Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare materials for installation
- Identify and follow work health and safety, legislative and organisational requirements
- Correctly identify work requirements and process from review of documentation
- Confirm subfloor suitability for installation consistent with Australian Standards and manufacturer recommendations
- Select and check tools, equipment and materials prior to use to ensure that they are appropriate for the work, serviceable and in a safe condition
- Plan sequence of work, and starting point, to ensure efficiency and quality of installation
- Set out materials for installation
- Check flooring for installation against work order and acclimatise in accordance with manufacturer recommendations
- Organise and use flooring for fixing in accordance with safety management requirements
- Remove or undercut door jambs or cover trims, and store for re-fitting or send for machining in accordance with work requirements
- Prepare required adhesives and edge strips for use
- Establish working lines and starting point
- Lay out flooring
- Follow instructions and sequence for laying and fixing
- Lay appropriate underlay in accordance with manufacturer recommendations
- Lay flooring to meet directional sequence, pattern match, specification requirements and to minimise waste and joins
- Maximise the aesthetics of the materials, including matching grains and colours
- Mark flooring materials accurately and clearly for cutting
- Cut materials to length and size for final laying ensuring minimum waste.
- Lay flooring
- Organise materials for fixing and use in accordance with safety management requirements
- Use fixing methods and equipment in accordance with manufacturer instructions
- Allow appropriate field and perimeter expansion joints
- Fit and/or refit skirting boards or cover trims and finish
- Inspect finished job and any rectify imperfections following workplace procedures
- Identify and make required preparations for sanding of flooring
- Complete flooring