Tucks Floor Inspection Service

Selva Lee Tucker

Flooring Professional Since 1974

selvalee@mac.com

tucksfloorinspectionservice.com

PEER REVIEWED

Service Area: South Carolina and North Carolina

Services: Owner of Tucks Floor Inspection Service offering Installation, Inspection, Color Correction, Spot and Side Match, Commercial & Residential, and Education

Experience: Flooring Professional since 1974. Has been teaching specialty inspector classes at NCSU and VA Tech since 2009. Founder of The Guild, offering educational classes for flooring inspectors.

Certifications

• 1990 – BANE CLEEN, CERTIFIED CARPET CLEANER

• 1990 – DUPONT MASTER CLEAN CERTIFICATION

• 1992 – CERTIFIED CARPET INSPECTOR, FCITS (FLOOR COVERING INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL SERVICES)

• 1993 – ARMSTRONG RESIDENTIAL INSTALLER TRAINING, CERTIFIED

• 1993 – ARMSTRONG COMMERCIAL INSTALLER TRAINING, CERTIFIED

• 1993 – VINYL, VCT AND SPECIALTY FLOORING INSPECTION CERTIFICATION, FCITS

• 1994 – COMMERCIAL CARPET AND CONCRETE MOISTURE TESTING CERTIFICATION, FCITS

• 1994 - MANNINGTON VINYL & VCT INSPECTOR'S TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION

• 1999 – ADVANCE FLOOR PRO CONVENTION, ADVANCE FLOORING SPECIALIST

• 1999 – WOVEN CERTIFICATION, FCITS

• 2001 – NATIONAL OAK FLOORING MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION AND NATIONAL WOOD FLOORING ASSOCIATION INSTALLATION SCHOOL, CERTIFIED (NOFMA & NWFA)

• 2001 – CERAMIC TILE EDUCATION FOUNDATION – INSTALLATION, CERTIFIED

• 2001 – NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED FLOORING INSPECTORS, MEMBER (NICFI)

• 2002 - MOHAWK UNIVERSITY INSTALLATION SCHOOL, MOHAWK CERTIFICATION

• 2002 – AFS WOVEN CLASS, CERTIFIED

• 2004 – CTEF INSPECTOR’S SCHOOL, CERTIFIED

• 2005 – CTEF ADVANCE INSPECTOR’S SCHOOL, CERTIFIED

• 2005 – NWFA INSPECTOR’S CLASS, CERTIFIED

• 2011 - NORTH AMERICAN LAMINATE FLOORING ASSOCIATION, CERTIFIED LAMINATE INSPECTOR

Experience & Training

•1974 – 1988 INSTALLER WOOD, CERAMIC TILE, CARPET, VCT, WOVEN CARPET, STONE

• 1988 – 1990 INSTALLER AND FLOOR INSPECTOR

• 1990 – 1092 INSTALLER AND CARPET CLEANER

• 1992 – SPOT DYING AND SIDE MATCH CORRECTION, FCITS

• 1994 – RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL VINYL & VCT, FCITS

• 1994 – FLOORING INSPECTOR WORKSHOP UPDATE CONVENTION, FCITS

• 1995 – FLOORING INSPECTOR WORKSHOP UPDATE CONVENTION FCITS

• 1996 – FLOOR INSPECTOR WORKSHOP UPDATE CONVENTION FCITS

• 1997 - FLOOR INSPECTOR WORKSHOP UPDATE CONVENTION FCITS· 1997 - L & N LAMINATE AND ENGINEERED CLASS, CERTIFIED

• 1999 – ADVANCE INSPECTORS UPDATE, FCITS

• 1999 – MANNINGTON UPDATE, ATLANTA, GA.

• 2000 - FLOOR INSPECTOR WORKSHOP UPDATE CONVENTION FCITS

• 2000 - NICFI CONVENTION UPDATE

• 2000 - L & N CLASS

• 2001 – ADVANCE FLOORING SPECIALIST (PRO) CONVENTION

• 2001 – FCITS CONVENTION UPDATE

• 2001 – MANNINGTON INSPECTOR’S UPDATE

• 2002 – NICFI CONVENTION

• 2003 – NOFMA INSPECTION SCHOOL

• 2003 – NICFI CONVENTION

• 2003 - INSPECTORS TRAINING SERVICES

• 2003 - L & N CLASS

• 2004 – NOFMA CLASS

• 2004 – NICFI CONVENTION

• 2005 – NOFMA INSPECTOR’S CLASS

• 2005 – NICFI CONVENTION

• 2006 – NOFMA INSPECTORS SCHOOL

• 2007 – NOFMA INSPECTORS SCHOOL

• 2007 – NICFI CONVENTION

• 2008 – NOFMA INSPECTORS SCHOOL

• 2008 – FCITS CONVENTION UPDATE

• 2008 – NICFI CONVENTION

• 2008 – AFS, GREENSBORO, NC

•2009 – I STARTED THE FLOOR EDUCATIONAL GUILD, 1ST CLASS AT NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY ENGINEERED WOOD WORKSHO

•2009 – WOOD ID, NCSU FLOOR EDUCATIONAL GUILD

• 2010 – WOOD CLASS – NCSU

• 2010 - CONCRETE FOR THE FLOORING INSPECTOR, NCSU

• 2010 – WOOD CLASS, NCSU

• 2010 – INSTALLER CLASS, CTEF, UPDATE

• 2010 - MOHAWK UPDATE CLASS

• 2011 – WOOD CLASS, NCSU

• 2011 – NICFI CONVENTION

• 2012 – WOOD CLASS, NCSU

• 2012 - WOOD CLASS, INDUSTRY LEADERS AND NCSU, CHARLESTON, SC

• 2012 - CONCRETE FOR THE FLOORING INSPECTOR, CHARLESTON, SC

• 2013 – WOOD CLASS BY GUILD AT THE NWFA HEADQUARTERS, ST. LOUIS, MO.

• 2013 – CONCRETE ON GRADE, (ROBERTO NUNEZ), NCSU, CHARLESTON

• 2013 – WOOD ID, FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY, CHARLESTON, SC

• 2013 – WOOD CLASS, VA. TECH, BLACKSBURG, VA.

• 2013 - CERAMIC TILE CLASS, FLOOR EDUCATIONAL GUILD

• 2014 – WOOD CLASS, VA. TECH, BLACKSBURG, VA.

• 2014 – WOOD CLASS BY VA. TECH., NEW ORLEANS, LA.

• 2014 - CERAMIC TILE CLASS, FLOOR EDUCATIONAL GUILD

• 2015 – WOOD CLASS, VA.TECH, BLACKSBURG, VA

• 2015 – WOOD CLASS, FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY

• 2015 – VINYL SEMINAR, DALTON, GA, FLOOR EDUCATIONAL GUILD

• 2016 – CARPET SEMINAR, DALTON, GA, FLOOR EDUCATIONAL GUILD

• 2016 – WOOD CLASS, VA. TECH

• 2016 - MOHAWK CLASS UPDATES

• 2017 - GUILD SEMINAR

• 2017 - VA. TECH - WOOD SCIENCE

• 2018 - SPRING SEMINAR - BUIILDING SCIENCE, SHAW, TARKETT AND MOHAWK INSTALLATION SCHOOL

• 2018 - OCTOBER, SPECIALITY CLASS TAUGHT BY DR. DENIG AND DR. VELARDE, WOOD SCIENCE FOR THE WOOD FLOOR PROFESSIONAL

• 2019 - APRIL, ENGINEERED WOOD SCIENCE CLASS AT THE GUILD'S SPRING SEMINAR, WOOD MAINTENANCE, VINYL AND VINYL INSTALLATION

• 2019 - AUGUST, VA. TECH KILN DRYING FOR THE WOOD FLOORING PROFESSIONAL AND ENGINEERED WOOD CHARACTERISTICS AND VENEER DRYING.

• FEBRUARY 2020, WOOD GRADING AND ENGINEERED WOOD SCIENCE, AT THE BONA TRAINING FACILITY IN NJ.

• AUGUST, 2020, THREE DAY WEBINAR DEVELOPED BY SELVA LEE TUCKER, THE GUILD'S SUMMER WEBINAR, ATTENDED BY OVER 125 STUDENTS

• SPRING 2021, WOOD SCIENCE AND YOUR FLOORING, SERIES OF EIGHT WEBINARS

• AUGUST 2021, HOSTED SHAW'S REPORT WRITING WEBINAR AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION (SHAW'S TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT)

• OCTOBER 2021- ARRANGED AND HOSTED THE GUILD'S FALL WEBINAR- DELMHORST, TRAMEX, SHAW, TARKETT

• WOOL SAFE CLASS BY DR. ERIC BROWN - IDENTIFICATION AND CAUSE OF CARPET DEFECTS AND UNDERSTANDING NATURAL FIBERS AND MAN MADE FIBERS.

• May 2022 - Va. Tech Wood Science Class

• September 2022 - Seminar in Dalton, Ga.

• April 2023 - Virtual Wood Science Classes by Dr. Loferski, Dr. Hindman and Dr. Bond

• October 2023 - Seminar in Dalton, Ga

• May 2024 - Wood Science Class and material science testing by Dr. Bond, Dr. Hindman and Dr. Loferski

• October 2025 - Wood Science application to structural related flooring complaints.