Fitted interiors installer
Construction and the built environment
Level 2 -
Preparing and installing fitted furniture including kitchens, bedrooms, bathrooms and offices.
Reference: OCC0980
Status:
Technical Education Products
Employers involved in creating the standard:
Terlecki Ltd, Achieve Partners, Moores Furniture Group, Woods and Sons Kitchen and Bathroom Installation Specialists, C5 Installations, Changing Spaces Kent Ltd, Howdens, Jigsaw Installations Ltd, Ace Electrical & Plumbing Ltd, Downey Property Developments Ltd, Robert Tewkesbury Kitchens & Bathrooms, Sharps Bedrooms Ltd, John Lewis and Partners, Evolution works, S Bland
Summary
This occupation is found in the furniture and interiors industry. Fitted Interiors Installers are responsible for project management / orchestration of fitted interiors, to include designer liaison on planning matters, installation and assembly of furniture at client sites, managing installation projects, providing a high level of service and workmanship at all times, to exceed client expectations.
The broad purpose of the occupation is preparing and installing fitted furniture including kitchens, bedrooms, bathrooms and offices in both domestic and commercial settings, including consumer homes, offices, shops, exhibitions, and boats to meet customers’ requirements. Key duties include plan interpretation, pre-installation surveying, functional design modification, preparation of working locations for assembly and placement of furniture and prepare furniture components for assembly, working with designs and plans, assembling and installing fitted furniture on location to specification. Fitted Interiors Installers work as part of a wider installation team to include other trade professionals such as electricians, plumbers and general builders.
In their daily work, an employee in this occupation interacts with the installation team, site managers, project managers, designers, design technicians, customers as well as other trades, for example plumbers and electricians, and are often responsible for project management and customer liaison. In the domestic setting, Fitted Interiors Installers are often the point of sale for new projects, existing installations and future jobs.
An employee in this occupation will be responsible for pre-installation surveying, sales and plan interpretation, transporting tools & materials to site, preparing locations, making the assembly and placement area ready for work and preparing the furniture components for assembly. Fitted Interiors Installers will install fitted furniture (including bathroom furniture, for example baths, WC’s and showers), appliances and other products including scribing, fixing and securing of furniture using correct fixings relating to foundation secured to and re-instate locations. They will interact with customers which includes building customer confidence in the level of service provided, developing relationships between customers and the organisation.
Employers involved in creating the standard:
Terlecki Ltd, Achieve Partners, Moores Furniture Group, Woods and Sons Kitchen and Bathroom Installation Specialists, C5 Installations, Changing Spaces Kent Ltd, Howdens, Jigsaw Installations Ltd, Ace Electrical & Plumbing Ltd, Downey Property Developments Ltd, Robert Tewkesbury Kitchens & Bathrooms, Sharps Bedrooms Ltd, John Lewis and Partners, Evolution works, S Bland
Keywords:
Knowledge, skills and behaviours (KSBs)
Duties
Duty D1
Survey locations and support sales of fitted interiors.
Duty D2
Transport installation equipment and materials to site.
Duty D3
Interpret and implement plans and designs.
Duty D4
Prepare locations for assembly and placement of furniture.
Duty D5
Set up, operate and maintain tools and equipment used to assemble and install furniture.
Duty D6
Assemble components of fitted furniture.
Duty D7
Install pre-installation/post-installation structures such as framework, boxing etc. ready for installation and/or decoration.
Duty D8
Complete installation of fitted furniture and décor accessories in accordance with manufacturers’ instructions and information and client requirements, e.g. install kitchens, bedrooms or bathrooms.
Duty D9
The dry-fit installation of ancillary products for example appliances, bathroom suite, media equipment etc.
Duty D10
Re-instate a location after assembly and placement of furniture.
Duty D11
Handover completed installation to customers.
Duty D12
Provide support to stakeholders including customers, contractors, designers.
Duty D13
Carry out rectification or rework.
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Construction and the built environment