Information for Employers:
- Course length: 24 months
- Total funding cost: £17,000
- Non-levy payer contribution (5%): £850
- Training formats offered: Block release
- Note: the location for the training of this course is at our partner training facility FITA (Flooring Industry Training Association) in Loughborough, LE11 1RA
- Set start dates: Yes – frequent starts across the year to be advised on enrolment
This course is for the textile and resilient floorcovering career pathway, which covers: carpet and carpet tiles, LVT, vinyl, linoleum, and safety flooring. This would be suitable for floorlaying business who complete both domestic and contract flooring. The course includes preparing subfloors along with the cutting and fitting of the flooring.
The course assesses 10 core duties plus 6 additional duties specific to textile and resilient floorcoverings which are trained across 24 modules. The course also includes in-house additional risk assessment training and external training workshops from external suppliers.
We only offer this course in block release format, where the learner will spend a full week at the training centre five times a year, which has purpose-built installation units for practical training. Contact us if you would like more information on this format.
Next steps:
Pre-course consultation
Contact us if you would like to enrol someone on one of our courses—whether a new apprentice, or to train an existing member of staff. We will then organise a meeting to review the course, and write the job role with you for us to recruit if you are taking on someone new.
A perfect fit already in your business?
You can put existing team members on an apprenticeship, saving you time on recruitment, and providing development for your team members.
This may be restricted depending on any previous training received by the team member.
Information for apprentices:
The floorlayer course is to train people in the fitting of carpets, vinyl, and resilient flooring in a range of settings – both commercial and domestic.
You may be in someone’s home or a workplace – ranging from offices to warehouses. You will be representing your company when speaking to your customers, and you may be working alongside other trades during your installation which may require problem solving.
You may work independently completing projects on your own or part of a wider team if working on larger floorlaying projects.
You should:
- Enjoy practical working and be happy to work in a physical role
- Enjoy talking to customers and other contractors
- Be happy to travel between job locations
- Be able to manage your own time and schedule work
Next steps:
If you are interested in this course, see our vacancies page to see if there are any apprenticeship vacancies for this role.
Alternatively, contact us for more information, or so we can register your interest.