Becoming a Solier M/F: job, salary and missions

A key profession in interior finishes

The solier installs and maintains floor coverings: carpets, parquet floors, PVC, linoleum or technical floors. It intervenes on homes, offices and public buildings, transforming the aesthetics and comfort of spaces.
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The sector's figures confirm its importance:

✔ Specialized profession, with increasing demand linked to interior renovation.

✔ Regular recruitment in crafts and large construction companies.

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A job of precision and aesthetics

Preparing surfaces, cutting and installing coatings, impeccable finishes: the solier must be precise, meticulous and have good aesthetic sense.

Training to become a solider: everyone has their own career path

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The different types of training available
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1. CAP Solier-Moquettiste

• Duration: 2 years after the 3rd.
• Audience: young people or adults in the process of retraining.
• Objective: preparation of supports, installation of carpets, PVC floors, PVC floors, glued parquet floors, technical tiles, finishes and maintenance.
• Where? CFA, vocational high schools, AFPA.

2. Bac Pro Building Development and Finishing (AFB)

• Duration: 3 years
• Audience: post-3th or holders of a CAP.
• Advantage: versatility, finishes (floors, walls, ceilings), organization of construction sites, regulatory knowledge.
• Where? technical high schools, CFA.

3. Professional title Solier-Moquettist

• Duration: 6 to 9 months
• Audience: adults in retraining, temporary workers, professionals.
• Advantage: accelerated learning, strong employability (housing, tertiary, ERP, health).
• Where? AFPA, GRETA, private organizations.

4. Manufacturer & development modules

• Duration: 1 to 5 days per module.
• Audience: soliers and team leaders.
• Advantage: specialization in technical floors (antistatic, sports, acoustic, hospital floors) or the installation of high-end parquet floors.
• Where? manufacturers, specialized distributors.

5. Safety and construction certificates

• Contents: SST, scaffolding, Working at height, health/safety related to glues and chemical products.
• Advantage: better employability and access to sensitive sites (ERP, hospitals, schools).
• Where? authorized organizations, OPCO, companies.

6. Alternation

• Advantage: direct learning on site, customer relationships, compliance with deadlines + remuneration.
• Compatible courses: CAP, Bac Pro, Pro titles.
• Where? companies that install floors, finishing works, fittings.

7. VAE/Continuing education

• Audience: experienced soliders.
• Objective: obtain a CAP, Bac Pro or Titre Pro through experience.
• Ideal for: evolve into a position team leader or specialize in high-end products.

Comparison of training courses — Solier

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Skills taught in training

By following a Solier training (carpenter), you will acquire:

🧱 Preparing the supports

• Diagnosis of the support (humidity, flatness, porosity) and choice of primers.
• Sanding, vacuuming, self-leveling leveling and local repairs.
• Treatment of joints, thresholds, stair noses, plinths and baseboard joints.
• Layout, dimensioning and precise marking before installation.

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🧩 Laying floor coverings

• Glued or free installation of PVC sheet/slabs/LVT, linoleum, rubber, Carpet (boards and slabs), Textile tiles.
• Hot/cold welding of PVC/linoleum coatings, raised plinths and output/incoming angles.
• Specific techniques: stairs, humid rooms, clean rooms, ERP/tertiary.
• Finishes: threshold bars, profiles, joints, cleaning and reconditioning.

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📐 Quality, standards & environment

• Reading plans, schedules and Layout (optimization of falls).
• Rankings UPEC, reaction to fire, acoustics, PMR, shows VOC.
• Glues/adhesives choices (acrylic, conducting, LVT specific) and material compatibility.
• Self-control: flatness, adherence, alignments and tolerances before reception.

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🛠️ Professional situation

• Cutting and welding workshops, school sites and staircase models.
• Use of professional tools: LVT guillotines, bell saws, puller rollers, strippers.
• Interventions in alternation (new, renovation, ERP, tertiary, housing).
• Organization of the station, waste sorting and cleaning at the end of the construction site.

Access conditions

• CAP Solier-Moquettiste : accessible after 3rd.
• Bac Pro Building Development and Finishing (AFB) : to broaden skills (management, preparation, finishing).
• Pro/CQP Solier titles : 6 to 12 months, adapted to retraining.
• VAE : possible from 1 year of experience in installing flexible floors/LVT/carpet.

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The steps to integrate a training

• Parcoursup : for CAP/Bac Pro in professional and CFA high schools.
• Direct application : AFPA, GRETA, private centers (Pro/CQP titles, LVT modules, welding, stairs).
• Adult retraining : mobilize CPF, OPCO, France Travail; POEC possible.
• Alternation : flooring companies, fittings, finishing works, specialized stores.

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Comparison of training courses — Solier

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From installer to construction team leader
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✅ Solier confirmed: You master the installation of flexible floors, parquet floors and complex carpets.

✅ Team leader soliers: you coordinate the preparation of the surfaces and the quality of installation.

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Supervision and site management
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Construction site manager: You control all the interior finishes.

Finishing work manager: you manage deadlines, budgets and teams on several projects.

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Specializations
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Technical floors: sports, antistatic, acoustic coatings.

High-end layout: noble parquet floors and luxury finishes.

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Footbridges
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Interior decorator: with additional training in design.

Solar trainer: transmission of the profession in CFA.

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