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Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles
Installs tile and stone in kitchens, bathrooms and buildings.
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Tile setters prepare surfaces and install tile, stone and marble floors, walls and countertops, in homes and commercial buildings. The work rewards precision and an eye for design.
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High school courses that build toward it
- Pre-Algebra · Math
Builds math, which this job uses.
- Woodworking · Career and Technical
Builds building and construction, which this job uses.
- Physical Education · Health and PE
Builds teaching and training, which this job uses.
- Physics · Science
Builds math, which this job uses.
- English 10 · English
Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.
- Computer Science Principles · Computer Science
Builds math, which this job uses.
Ranked by how much the job relies on what each course teaches, from O*NET's knowledge ratings. Your school's own courses and the counselor have the final word.
Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.