After eight months, more than a dozen events attended, and thousands of miles traveled, the Floor Covering Education Foundation (FCEF) convened for its board of directors meeting in Chattanooga, Tennessee, November 9-10, 2021, to report on its progress and to map out plans to recruit more flooring installers in 2022.
The board has a daunting task: recruit flooring installers. Its mission: to provide awareness of the job opportunities and career pathways available in the floor covering industry; improve the perception of those pathways; connect individuals to training opportunities within the industry; provide scholarships for installer training—with the goal of placing those individuals in jobs within the floor covering industry.