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O*NET detailed work activityInstall carpet or flooring
Stays humanHands-on work
2 jobs9 tasks
This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.
Part of Build structures, under the O*NET work activity group Handling and Moving Objects. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 9 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Join edges of carpet and seam edges where necessary, by sewing or by using tape with glue and heated carpet iron.
- Stretch carpet to align with walls and ensure a smooth surface, and press carpet in place over tack strips or use staples, tape, tacks or glue to hold carpet in place.
- Cut carpet padding to size and install padding, following prescribed method.
- Nail tack strips around area to be carpeted or use old strips to attach edges of new carpet.
- Install carpet on some floors using adhesive, following prescribed method.
- Fasten metal treads across door openings or where carpet meets flooring to hold carpet in place.
- Cover subfloors with building paper to keep out moisture and lay hardwood, parquet, or wood-strip-block floors by nailing floors to subfloor or cementing them to mastic or asphalt base.