Floorlayer Apprentice

CHRISTIE & COCHLIN LIMITED

Ramsgate (CT12 5GD)

Closes in 10 days (Wednesday 29 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 14 October 2025

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Summary

Looking for 1 individual to join our flooring team as an apprentice floorlayer, learning to install and finish a variety of flooring types.

• Wage:

  Competitive

  Competitive wage offered

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  £400.00 (based on an hourly rate of £10)

• Training course: Floorlayer - textile and resilient (level 2)
• Hours: Monday – Friday 7am – 3pm.

  40 hours a week

• Start date:

  Monday 17 November 2025

• Duration:

  2 years 6 months

• Positions available:

  1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

• Learn subfloor preparation – scraping, sweeping, and smoothing compounds.
• Learn to install a variety of flooring types across different settings, such as LVT, timber, vinyls, carpets, etc.
• You will help load and unload materials from deliveries.
• Performing clean-up tasks.
• Laying floor protection.
• Ensuring good health and safety practices throughout.

You will be working alongside one of our experienced fitters, getting hands-on, on-the-job training. As well as attending the Floortrain training facility in Walthamstow.

Where you'll work

87 Maple Leaf Business Park
Manston
Ramsgate
CT12 5GD

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

FLOORTRAIN (GB) LIMITED

Training course

Floorlayer - textile and resilient (level 2)

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What you'll learn

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.
• 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.

Training schedule

As it is a work-based programme, you'll be learning on the job as well and training with Floortrain (GB) Ltd. You'll be working in various locations for the company and attending/joining training college days each month.

Requirements

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Communication skills
• Organisation skills
• Team working
• Initiative
• Patience
• Willingness to learn
• Adaptability
• Good Time Management

Other requirements

Ability to get to pick up point – Canterbury or Maidstone TBC.

About this employer

Christie and Cochlin Limited are a commercial flooring contractor offering an opportunity for an apprentice floorlayer to join our team. We specialise in the installation of various flooring including LVT, vinyl, safety flooring, cap and cove, carpets, carpet tiles, woods, underlayment’s, smoothing compounds. We work alongside builders across Kent and the Southeast providing high levels of workmanship to new builds, schools and business etc.

After this apprenticeship

Following the successful completion of this apprenticeship there is potential for a full-time position with Christie and Cochlin Ltd.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

FLOORTRAIN (GB) LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000346517.

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Closes in 10 days (Wednesday 29 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

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