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Apprentice Floor Layer
Location
EMPEROR FLOORING NORTHEAST LIMITED
CONSETT (DH8 6SY)
Closing Date
Closes in 14 days (Friday 16 October 2026 at 11:59pm)
Wage
- £15,600 for your first year
- National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
Hours
- 37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Usual working hours are Monday - Friday, 8am - 4pm with half an hour for lunch.
Start Date
Monday 2 November 2026
Duration
2 years
Summary
Join Emperor Flooring Northeast Ltd, a specialist provider of soft flooring solutions for domestic and commercial customers. Gain hands-on experience, develop practical flooring skills and work towards a recognised apprenticeship qualification while learning from experienced professionals and building a career in the flooring industry.
Training
- Training Course: Floorlayer - textile and resilient (level 2)
- Training Provider: DERWENTSIDE COLLEGE
Course Contents
- Comply with health and safety regulations, standards and guidance.
- Select and use safety control equipment, use personal protective equipment (PPE) and respiratory protective equipment (RPE).
- Verbally communicate with others: For example, employers, colleagues, clients, other trades.
- Use written or digital methods to communicate with others.
- Calculate material quantities, qualities and select required resources.
- Select and use textile and resilient floorcovering tools and equipment.
- Remove and dispose of existing floorcovering.
- Isolate, protect and prepare the work area.
- Test the subfloor condition prior to the application of the smoothing compound and fabricated underlayment: for example, remove surface contaminants and laitance, mix and apply moisture control systems, application of primers.
- Prepare the sub floor for the floorcovering: for example, installation of fabricated underlayments, mixing and application of smoothing compounds, installation of sheet membranes.
- Interpret and use information from drawings, specifications, work instructions.
- Carry out remedial works on textile and resilient flooring.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Carry out pre-user checks, use and maintain plant and equipment.
- Escalate defects or faults.
- Store tools, materials and equipment.
- Measures, marks and sets out floorcoverings.
- Use of tools and equipment required for the preparation and installation of resilient and textile floorcovering including setting out, stretching, cutting, adhesives, joining and finishing.
- Determine correct textile pile direction for the installation area.
- Carry out pattern matching for textile or resilient floorcovering.
- Apply installation techniques for underlayments for textile floorcoverings.
- Applies installation technique for resilient sheet for example tiled, flat fit, site formed (cap and cove) and joins.
- Applies installation techniques for textile floorcovering, for example woven secondary backed, broadloom sheet.
- Applies installation techniques for finishing accessories for example, thresholds, skirtings, profiles, stair nosings and trims.
- Set out horizontal, inclined, stepped and shaped or coved surface, patterned and non-patterned materials.
- Resolves problems with timber subflooring prior to a flooring installation.
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Requirements
- Essential Qualifications:
- GCSE in: English Language / Literature (grade Grade 4 - 9 (or equivalent))
- GCSE in: Maths (grade Grade 4 - 9 (or equivalent))
- Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience.
- Skills:
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Presentation skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Physical fitness
- Professional conduct
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About this Employer
Emperor Flooring Northeast Ltd is a specialist provider of soft flooring solutions for domestic and commercial customers.
http://www.emperor-flooring.co.uk
After this Apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay.
On successful completion of the apprenticeship, the apprentice may be offered a full-time position with Emperor Flooring, subject to their performance, skills and suitability for the role.
Ask a Question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
- DERWENTSIDE COLLEGE Apprenticeship Recruitment Team
- Email: apprenticeships@derwentside.ac.uk
- Phone: 01207 585900
- Reference Code: VAC2000056229
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