Required Tool List

This list contains all tools required for the apprenticeship program and recommended yearly needs. This
list cannot, however, foresee any specific tasks you may encounter while on the job. If an employer or
instructor requires you to purchase a specific tool before this list requires it, you will be required to
purchase that tool as needed.
All tools must be American made. No foreign tools will be accepted.

Floor Covering ~ 1st YEAR

Tool Pouch
Tool Box
Duster
Knee Pads
Gloves
Safety Glasses
Aviation Snips
Awl
Claw Hammer
Patch Blade
Pliers
Pry Bar
Razor Scraper
Screwdrivers
Slotted Blade Knife
Tape Measure
Utility Knife
Wall Base Paddle
Hook Knife
Staple Hammer
Tack Strip Cutters

2nd YEAR

Caulk Gun & Base Tips
Chalk Line & Chalk
Framing Square
Glue Trowels
Hack Saw & Blades
Hand Roller
Rubber Hammer
Straight Edge
Wood Chisels
Crescent Wrench
Knee Kicker
Row Finder
Seam Board
Stair Tool
Dividers/Bent Leg
Hand Groover
Linoleum Knife
Speed Square
6’ Foding Rule
Staple Remover

3rd YEAR

Coping Saw
Files
Miter Box
Sharpening Stone
Wall Trimmer
Hot Glue Gun & Sealer Tip
Needle Thimble & Sewing Palm
Seam Rollers
Spreader
Jamb Saw (hand)
Scribers
Small Hand Roller
End Nippers
Carpet Tractor
Propane Torch
Pad Knife
Staple Remover

4th YEAR

Door Pin Tool
Tack Hammer
Cookie Cutter
Loop Pile Cutter
Seam Irons
Seam Squeezers
Seam Weight
Heat Gun
Seam Cutter
Vinyl Tile Cutter
Nail Set