Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for installation
- Identify and follow work health and safety, legislative and organisational requirements
- Read documentation and identify work requirements
- Confirm subfloor suitability for installation consistent with Australian Standards and manufacturer recommendations
- Select adhesives, trims and accessories based on job requirements
- 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, including the starting point, to ensure efficiency and quality of installation
- Check resilient floor coverings against work order and acclimatise in accordance with manufacturer recommendations.
- Set out materials
- Identify and follow instructions and sequence for laying and fixing
- Organise and use resilient floor coverings for fixing in accordance with safety management requirements
- Establish working lines and starting point and accurately mark on the subfloor
- Set out and mark motifs, logos or custom designs on the subfloor in accordance with design
- Lay resilient floor covering
- Lay out resilient floor coverings to meet directional sequence, pattern match and specification requirements, minimising waste and joins
- Accurately and clearly mark resilient flooring materials for cutting
- Cut resilient floor coverings to required shape ensuring minimum waste
- Organise materials for fixing and use in accordance with relevant safety management requirements
- Prepare adhesives and edge strips and/or accessories for use in accordance with manufacturer instructions
- Use welding, fixing methods and equipment in accordance with manufacturer instructions
- Inspect finished job and rectify any imperfections following workplace procedures
- Complete housekeeping