Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BIBB)

Designation of occupation

Floor layer
Recognized by ordinance of 17 June 2002, (BGBl. I, p. 1861)

Duration of traineeship

3 years
The venues for training are company and part-time vocational school (Berufsschule)

Field of activity

Floor layers design and lay textile and flexible floor coverings as well as finished parquet flooring and laminated materials inside and outside buildings and other properties and repair floor coverings.

Occupational skills

Floor layers carry out their work independently and in a customer-oriented manner on the basis of technical documents and job orders, alone, as part of a team and in cooperation with other trades. They plan and coordinate their work, set up workplaces and take measures to ensure health and safety at work as well as environmental protection. They check their work for error-free workmanship, document their work, carry out quality assurance measures and calculate the job performance data. In connection with the following activities, floor layers operate and maintain machines and equipment.

Floor layers

• check the laying conditions,
• prepare undersurfaces for the laying of textile and flexible floor coverings as well as finished parquet flooring and laminated materials,
• make undersurfaces,
• design and lay textile and flexible floor coverings,
• lay finished parquet flooring and laminated materials,
• treat the surfaces of cork flooring and other floor coverings,
• machine, process and install profiles,
• maintain and repair textile and flexible floor coverings, finished parquet flooring and laminated materials,
• take measurements and document the results,
• select, set up and maintain machines and equipment,
• process wood, wooden materials, plastics and metals manually and mechanically.

Last modified on: December 12, 2006