The Master Floorer Programme vision is to recognise installers that strive for excellence and professionalism by working to industry best practice. For the customer, this recognition provides confidence and assurance in the investment of their new floorcoverings.
Similarly, it provides quality assurance for government department work, builders architects and flooring industry stakeholders. While flooring is not a regulated industry under the Ministry of Business and Innovation (MBIE), the Master Floorer Programme is encouraged by MBIE as it fits with their vision of industries leading with initiatives to maintain industry standards and comply with the Building Code and Consumer Protection Acts.
What are the classes of the Master Floorer Programme?
Hard Flooring
Class A – Commercial sheet floor coverings / wet rooms (including walls) / Vinyl tile / Linoleum
Class B – Residential sheet / tile (LVT) / Floating floor covering systems
Carpet Flooring
Class A – Conventional installation
Class B – Bonded carpet
Class C – Carpet tiles
Class D – Bonded axminster carpet
How does the programme work?
The Master Floorer recognition remains active while you are still working in the flooring industry. You will need to collect continued professional development points (CPD) over a two-year period. Points can be gained by attending flooring product presentations, informative FloorNZ videos, maintaining site safe status, or training apprentice. Other professional development that relates to flooring work may also be considered.
Do I need to be qualified?
No, whether qualified or not, to gain access to a digitised Master Floorer card you will still need to provide evidence that you have completed six years continuous installation work in the specific skill sets you want to be recognised in. Evidence will involve work you have completed, two referees plus successfully completing four core compulsory short informative FloorNZ online videos.
What happens if a job goes wrong?
This happens to everyone. There are a number of reasons that contribute to jobs going wrong and they are not always necessarily an installation fault. The program is about professionalism, working to best practice with and keeping current with what is happening in the flooring industry along with any legislative changes such as the building code, health and safety or consumer protection changes.
If a job goes wrong, or there is a complaint, there will be an appointed board to look into the situation. The context of the whole job will also be included where an investigation is required.
How much will this cost?
To be finalised.