Day 1 Introductions  & Lecture— After  this session you will understand: Flooring Industry & Training - British Standards, The Carpet Fitter’s Toolbox - Specialist Tools Floor Preparation-Wood /Concrete: Repairs & Hard-boarding, Existing Floor Coverings. Accessory Fixings: Nails, Staples, Adhesives, Electrical, Gas and Pipe-work Considerations Health & Safety Considerations, COSHH Regulations Summary.  Gripper Rods - Metal Profiles Types & Uses. Underlay -Types & Uses: Felt, Foam, Rubber Practical— After this session you will be able to carry out to a professional standard: Remove Existing flooring,Install Gripper Rods Correctly in Rooms, Stairs, Curved areas, Wood / Concrete. Cut & Install Common Metal Profiles. Cut & Install Common Types of Underlay and Liners in Rooms, Stairs, Bathrooms. Using Tapes & Fixings Day 2  Lecture- In this session you will learn about: Carpet Types and Uses - Construction, Fibre, Advantages & Limitations, Fitting Considerations Industry Classifications - Wear Classifications, Common Widths Setting Out and Pattern Alignment, Pile Direction. Avoiding Complaints & Customer Service Tips Practical— After this session you will be able to carry out to a professional standard: Set out and Install Different Types of  Carpets in Rooms, Bathrooms. On Stairs, Bull-nose (‘Cap’n band’ & ‘Wrap Around’) Using Starting points, Stretch Fit Techniques. Cutting Techniques & Carpet Trimmers— Plus ‘tricks of the trade’ Day 3  Practical— In this session you will undertake installation of felt backed carpets: Felt backs, using perimeter fixings adhesives / tapes, further cutting techniques. Lecture— In this session you will learn about: Imperial Vs Metric ‘How to’   Measuring & Estimating Basics - Rooms, Hall Stairs Landings Colour Matching, Pattern Matching, Pile Direction, Manufacturing Faults. Planning / Cutting  Hall, Stairs & Landings. Location of Seams: Heat Seaming, Cold Seaming, Joining Felt / Rubber Backed Carpets Practical—  In this session  you will also learn how to carry out to a professional standard: Heat Seams. Cold Seams, Seaming Felt Backed and Rubber Backed Carpet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following  two days of the course are mainly practical sessions conducted under supervision: Day 4  Practical—In this session you will learn and carry out: Planning & Installation of Carpet Tiles. Patterns, Finding Centres Starting Points, Setting out, Cutting in and Shapes.  Applying Tackifiers and Adhesives. Commercial Stick-Down Methods  - Double stick—Installation of Gripper, Applying Tackifier, Fitting Underlay. Application of Permanent Adhesive,  Cutting in Carpet, Flush Cutting, Turn and Stick, Overview of single Stick. Day 5  Practical—In this session you will learn and carry out: Planning & Installation of stair rods, carpet binding using Easybind system. Further stairs, Kit Winders, Cutting, Pile Direction. Turn & Tack and Net Finishing.  Overview of Open Plan, Stair Edgings. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day 6 & 7  Domestic Vinyl Fitting:  Sub Floor Preparation, moisture testing, floor levelling, plywood installation. Planning and Estimating, Tricks of the trade, installation of vinyl flat areas and toilets. Vinyl cutters and Trimmers. Seams & Cold Weld Techniques