Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Dalton—Certified Flooring Installers (CFI) launched an innovative Commercial Resilient Training program, designed to meet the evolving needs of flooring installers. This training will fulfill a need for more qualified installers in the commercial segment of our industry.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

MAY 14, 2019

Discussion continues with regard to the variety of training available in the marketplace for contractors that install large format gauged porcelain tile with the goal of ensuring that training is sufficient, and it aligns with the qualified labor language in specifications or installation instructions.

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Architectural Ceramics

MAY 17, 2019

From that, we all discovered that I have a knack for training, and that is when I realized what I am passionate about. I haven’t moved from my training position since. AC: For you, day-to-day training happens across five showrooms and includes all areas like our sales process and product knowledge, to new hires and computer software.

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Ceramic Tile Education Foundation

JUNE 4, 2019

Given her professional experience and passion for Qualified Labor, we are confident that she will be instrumental in supporting the growth of the Certified Tile Installer (CTI) program alongside Scott Carothers, Director of Certification and Training for CTEF , and shaping the tile and stone industry in the United States.".

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Floor Covering News

MAY 1, 2023

For Catherine Church, FCICA executive director, the event picked up on the momentum generated during the association’s 2022 meeting—a milestone anniversary year. During a separate business meeting, Kelly provided an update on membership and program initiatives. This will be in lieu of a standalone FCICA mid-year meeting.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 30, 2021

A key variable in costing the job—while holding profit margin—is having well-trained professionals who can do an accurate and comprehensive estimate. Train, train, train. We usually hold two meetings a month. My wife runs these meetings and is very creative with the content and the themes.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 30, 2023

—With negotiations around the debt ceiling encapsulating this city, board members of the World Floor Covering Association (WFCA) went to Washington to meet lawmakers regarding issues important to their own businesses—including independent contractor issues, the Marketplace Fairness Act and the Working Families Flexibility Act.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Here are their responses: Our emphasis will be to reduce unnecessary inventory, minimize expenses, focus more on digital marketing and get the staff up to date on our system training. We want to make sure the before, during and after sales experience meets each customer’s obtainable expectation. We’re going to be more goal oriented.

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Floor Covering News

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Rockwall, Texas—Robert Varden, former CFI executive director, has founded International Floor Covering Training Alliance (UNITE), a non-profit, with his own funding and vision. “I ” UNITE doesn’t ask any training or scholarship company to give up its autonomy. . I call it UNITE because that’s what we do.”

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Floor Covering News

MAY 5, 2023

Dalton—International Certified Flooring Installers (CFI) released its comprehensive floor covering installation training and certification courses scheduled now through October. These courses are designed to meet the evolving needs of the flooring industry and provide hands-on training to enhance the skills and knowledge of professionals.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 2, 2023

Training is crucial for any profession and it is especially important in the flooring industry. As an owner/sales manager, one of your main responsibilities is to ensure your sales team is adequately trained to excel in their roles. It is also important to encourage participation and engagement during the training session.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 10, 2024

“This assessment increase is needed to meet the minimum reserve fund balance by the end of 2025, as required by CalRecycle in CARE’s new plan. CARE will continue to supply POP material as well as training support materials.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 8, 2022

INSTALL, a leader in floorcovering installation training and certification, has announced recent updates and improvements to its resilient flooring and carpet certification standards. “As Installers now perform an east-to-west welding transition meeting a north-to-south welding transition, in addition to accent seam welding.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 13, 2024

These are the individuals who dedicate their time and energy to help make our industry better and promote quality training and education. In recognition of May being “National Skilled Trades month,” I thought it would be more appropriate to provide a few quotes directly from some of our industry’s finest installers.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 30, 2023

Schönox representatives, including principal owner Thomas Trissl, (third from right) are “Ön It” as they meet with representatives of Sliwinski Floor Covering, Huntingdon Valley, Pa., We’ve had some meetings early in the conference where we did a business update—anecdotally speaking,” Bischoff told Floor Covering News.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 3, 2020

—For fifteen consecutive years, Mohawk has earned a place among Training magazine’s ranking of world-class learning and development organizations. Our training professionals have reinforced messages of workplace safety and well-being while emphasizing the skills necessary for individuals to meet customer needs in a rapidly changing market.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 20, 2024

This scholarship provides a trip to StonExpo and an opportunity to gain valuable technical and practical knowledge regarding the natural stone industry while meeting and networking with leading stone professionals. Three individuals have received 2023 Natural Stone Scholarships.

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The Pulse: Ardex Americas

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Meeting all the tile installers, contractors and customers was our favorite part. In honor of #TileTuesday, we are so appreciative of HG Stones for hosting our Neolith /ARDEX event this past week! Stay tuned for more events like this one coming near YOU soon!

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Floor Covering News

MAY 10, 2023

The Schönox HPS Florence Support Center hosted the guests where flooring contractors, installers, distributors and specifiers gather on a weekly basis, providing comprehensive training covering the benefits, installation details and project strategies of the entire Schönox subfloor series.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 12, 2023

For Catherine Church, FCICA executive director, the event picked up on the momentum generated during the association’s 2022 meeting—a milestone anniversary year. During a separate business meeting, Kelly provided an update on membership and program initiatives. This will be in lieu of a standalone FCICA mid-year meeting.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 13, 2024

The company that transforms reclaimed materials into high-performance products that make people’s lives better has created a product engineered for functional, selectorized strength, free weight and cardio training. The entire line features Ecore’s itsTRU technology to meet and exceed customers’ performance, durability and aesthetic needs.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 8, 2021

A TISE Live Virtual Online Pass offers full access to the TISE Live Virtual Event, including access to company profiles and virtual exhibit hall, product pitch videos, virtual tours, education programs, exhibitor meetings and more. Source products, meet with vendors. Industry pros can register now for free using code: BUYER219.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

ISO 9001 is a globally recognized standard for quality management helping organizations improve their performance, meet customer expectations and demonstrate their commitment to quality. ISO 14001 is an internationally agreed standard that sets out the requirements for an environmental management system.

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Floor Covering News

AUGUST 28, 2023

After working as vice president of research and development for Harris Tarkett, Conner joined Mullican Flooring as director of product and research, where he also served as director of training and national sales representative. Visit [link] for more information about the training program.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 24, 2024

With classes running Monday to Thursday, this program consists of 300 contact hours of training for carpet, hardwood, resilient and tile installation. The idea, according to Myers, emerged during discussions about the Georgia Match program at an education foundation board meeting. For more information, email kwhitener@fcef.org.

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Floor Covering News

JULY 6, 2021

“After over a year of social distancing and virtual meetings, we’re thrilled to be back in full force and hit the ground running with 10 engaging demonstrations. NXT Level Flow features pumpable, easy-to-use and high flow benefits and is designed to meets the demand for entry-level, self-leveling underlayment projects.

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Heath Ceramics

MARCH 3, 2015

When I was young, I played a high standard of English football and thought that was going to be my future — I got signed to a team in Portvale at 12 years old, went through their training, and planned on becoming a professional footballer. Once I realized I wasn’t going to be the next David Beckham, I enrolled in an art college.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

This comes at a time when the California Program has achieved remarkable results in terms of carpet collection and recycling; the assessment increase is necessary to continue the progress and to meet the challenging goals for the program that have been set by CalRecycle.”. The program attained a record 31.7%

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Floor Covering News

JUNE 19, 2020

Schönox HPS North America has launched its newest offering of virtual technical training and seminars. The training provides opportunities to learn about the full range of the company’s products, installation tips and subfloor preparation details. Schönox Training: Decos & Overlays. Schönox Training: Healthcare 2.0.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 4, 2024

My challenge to flooring retailers is to explore avenues for integrating young talent entering the flooring industry as employees, providing essential support and training to help them develop their skill sets. Meeting these criteria is crucial for legal compliance. For more information, email kwhitener@fcef.org.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 4, 2022

. – Galleher, a top-20 distributor, has named Samantha Barth as its new director of sales development and training. Barth joins Galleher after a 14-year career at Mannington Mills, where she held a number of relevant sales management and training positions. She will report to Clay Covington, vice president of sale.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JUNE 21, 2016

Or, for other types of businesses, send your prospective replacement out on sales calls to face the challenges of meeting customer demands head-on. His or her objective industry and supervisory experience can be invaluable in training your next-in-line. While your successor gets acclimated, you may want to hire an interim manager.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

By expanding training opportunities and standing behind product and system warranties, Ardex said it places its customer at the forefront of its efforts. It recognizes the commitment each has to the pursuit of excellence in their trade, the company said. We’re excited to recognize our installers,” said Ben Mack, U.S.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The Floor Covering Education Foundation (FCEF) brought together industry leaders as the group held its fall board meeting here Nov. The FCEF fall meeting celebrated the successes of the young organization but focused on pushing forward and exploring ways to address some of the industry’s biggest obstacles. Nashville, Tenn.—The

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Kitchen and Residential Design

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Social Media Training. Meet my new favorite possession, a walnut cutting board. Meet my new favorite possession, a walnut cutting. Kitchen and Residential Design. Notes and anecdotes from the design world. 17 February 2012. Posted by Paul Anater. at 6:00 AM. Just yesterday, I received this beauty from J. Look at this grain!

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Floor Covering News

MAY 10, 2021

“The latest generation of adhesives are very installer friendly, significantly lower in VOCs and provide assurance of long-term performance,” noted Wayne Williams, Stauf’s director of training. The additional R&D and product engineering required to meet evolving green standards brings an added layer of both effort and cost.

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Floor Covering News

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Select sessions in this track include: Meeting Consumer Demand – Successful Exterior Installation. An examination of what it means to be qualified labor, why training is important and how/why specifiers and customers need to engage and understand how to select a professional tile contractor. Installation & Fabrication.

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