Apprentice FloorLayer
EASBY FLOORING LIMITED
DARLINGTON (DL1 4JW)
Closes in 11 days (Friday 31 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 17 October 2025
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Summary
Kickstart your career with a Floorlaying Apprenticeship with Easby Flooring! You’ll work with materials like wood, vinyl, carpet, and tiles mastering everything from surface prep to the perfect finish. This is your chance to build a trade with real craftsmanship, variety, and great career opportunities.
- Wage
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£15,311.40 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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Apprentice minimum wage £7.55 per hour.
- Training course
- Floorlayer - textile and resilient (level 2)
- Hours
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39 hours, 5 days a week, and occasional overtime available. Days and times to be confirmed.
39 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 10 November 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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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
A Floorlayer works in an efficient and safe manner, and ensures high levels of customer care, particularly within the domestic environment, working alone or within a team. Your daily duties will include:
- Safe handling and moving of waste materials, flooring installation materials and equipment, manual and with mechanical aids or lifting equipment
- Why and how resources should be stored in a safe and secure manner, e.g. different materials, tools and equipment.
- Assessing and testing existing floor surface conditions and evaluating results to ensure a successful installation, eg: temperature (including presence of underfloor heating), moisture, level, surface and subfloor condition.
- Planning methods appropriate for flooring installation including phasing work and acclimatisation materials before laying; taking into account the type of contract and other works being undertaken.
- Methods to estimate floorlaying materials and resources required based on the type of contract, manufacturer's information and site conditions.
Where you'll work
UNIT 1
ENDEAVOUR COURT
DARLINGTON
DL1 4JW
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
DERWENTSIDE COLLEGE
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
Apprentices will attend Derwentside College for block release.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
A driving licence is required for this role. Candidates must be able to attend Derwentside College for block release.
About this employer
Easby Flooring, established in 1976, is a trusted and experienced commercial flooring specialist based in Darlington. We proudly serve a diverse range of clients, including local schools, social housing providers, and the Ministry of Defence. Our primary partnership is with Darlington Borough Council, delivering high-quality flooring solutions across council homes and public buildings. With decades of expertise and a commitment to excellence, Easby Flooring continues to provide reliable service and outstanding workmanship across every project
After this apprenticeship
Following the successful completion of this apprenticeship, the company is looking to offer the right candidate a full-time position.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DERWENTSIDE COLLEGE
Apprenticeship Recruitment Team
apprenticeships@derwentside.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000347108.
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Closes in 11 days (Friday 31 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
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