The shortage of qualified installers is a problem not only for floor dealers, but the entire flooring industry, including distributors and manufacturers.  It doesn’t matter how good your products are—if you can’t install it, you can’t sell it.

To give retailers an update on what’s being done to solve the installer shortage, and steps they can take right now to solve this problem in their own businesses, we’ve asked Robert Varden to be our guest expert on this month’s Webinar.

Robert is a master installer who has achieved notoriety for his installation expertise.  He started his flooring career as a commercial flooring installer and expanded into inspection, training, consulting, speaking and writing.  As the head of Certified Flooring Installers, Robert now focuses on training installers, and advancing long-term solutions to solve the installer shortage. 

Robert Varden is the Vice President of Certified Flooring Installers, a division of the World Floor Covering Association.  In his role Robert provides vision, voice, and operational oversight for the CFI which represents professional installation throughout the world.