Apprentice Floorlayer

Summary

Start your career as a Floor Layer! Learn to expertly install and finish vinyl, wood, carpet, tiles, rubber, and more. Gain hands-on experience, develop valuable skills, and take on exciting challenges every day. Build a solid foundation for a rewarding career where your work truly makes an impact!

Wage

£12,480 a year

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£8 per hour.

Training course

Floorlayer - textile and resilient (level 2)

Hours

30 hours 5 days a week with optional Saturday work available.

30 hours a week

Start date

Monday 14 July 2025

Duration

1 year 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

A Floorlayer works in an efficient and safe manner, and ensure high levels of customer care, particular within the domestic environment, working alone or within a team. Other 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 a sub-floor 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 manufacturers information and site conditions.

Where you'll work

Wagonway Road
Hebburn
NE31 1SP

Training

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

College or training organisation

DERWENTSIDE COLLEGE

Your 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.

Your training plan

Apprentices will attend Derwentside College for block release.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4/C)
Maths (grade 4/C)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Patience
Physical fitness
Time management

Other requirements

Can you get to Derwentside college for block release 6/8 weeks for a 2 week block?

About this company

Bell is currently one of the largest Property Services contractors in the UK, both in terms of our geographical coverage and our directly employed workforce. We have been a family owned and operated company since 1988. Our group has grown since then to offer a full spectrum of property services including: Planned and Project works in Painting, Roofing, Flooring, Passive and Active Fire Protection, Kitchen and Bathroom Replacements, Multi-Disciplinary Fabric Upgrades, Retrofit and Energy Services, Disrepair Works and Response and Void Maintenance Contracts, delivered by expert, directly employed teams across 37 branches.

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After this apprenticeship

Upon the successful completion of the apprenticeship, for the right candidate there is full time position/career in floorlaying.

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 VAC1000327578.

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