Steven Rockfeld's Curriculum Vitae

-1996-Present ~ Floor Covering Consultant/Senior Carpet Inspector/Court Expert Witness
-1979-2005 ~ Owner Operator of Full Service Floor Covering Retail Operation/Workroom. Included the installation of tufted and woven carpet. Sheet vinyl, heat welding. Full service ceramic, porcelain, and natural stone installation. The installation of laminate, solid wood and engineered wood.

-Founder and Former President for the Long Island Chapter of CFI
-Member and Board Of Director of LIFCA
-Winner of Prestigious Charles R. Gress Memorial Award (CFI)

Bamboo/Cork Flooring

Certified Flooring Inspectors University

Carpet

Flooring Consultants and Inspection Training Services

IICRC, Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification

Natural Fiber Installers/Inspectors Certification

Ceramic-Tile

Certified Flooring Inspectors University

Hardwood

Certified Flooring Inspectors University

NWFA National Wood Flooring Association

Installation

CFI, Certified Flooring Installers Association

Elastilon

National Wood Flooring Association

Laminate / Specially

North American Laminate Flooring Association

Luxury Vinyl Tile/Plank

Certified Flooring Inspectors University

Marble Stone

Certified Flooring Inspectors University

Resilient

Flooring Consultants and Inspection Training Services

Woven and Wool

Natural Fiber Installers/Inspectors Certification

~ 1993 Certified Armstrong Installer
~ 1996 F.C.I.T.S. Certified Carpet Inspector
~ 1996 F.C.I.T.S. Certified Commercial Carpet Inspector
~ 1996 F.C.I.T.S. Certified Hard Surface Inspector
~ CFI Certified Flooring Installer, (CI, CII, RI, RII) Installer # 02635
~ CFI Inspector and Technical Certification
~ IICRC Carpet Cleaning/Senior Practicing Carpet Inspector/Substrate Subfloor Inspector
~ Floor Inspection Training Services Inc.: Indoor Air Quality Inspector
~ Academy of Textiles and Flooring: Senior Carpet Inspector
~ National Wood Flooring Association: Certified Wood Inspector
~ Karastan Certified Installer
- 2011 NALFA Certified Laminate Flooring Inspector

1970-1972 ~ Miami Dade College, Florida
1973-1975 ~ Nassau Community College
1967-1970 ~ John F. Kennedy High School

2006
~Wood Flooring Association/Installation Training
~ National Wood Flooring Association/Professional Sand and Finish Training
~ National Wood Flooring Association/Finishing Training
2007
~The Wood Flooring Manufacturers Association (NOFMA) Inspection school
Certification pending.
2004
~The Wood Flooring Manufacturers Association (NOFMA) Inspection school
Certification pending.
2005
~IICRC Wood and Laminate Inspector Course.
2012

~ NICFI Training and Convention
~ Substrate and Subfloor Inspection Classes
1996-2006
~ L&N Inspection Services Training and Classes
2002
~ L&N Formica Training
2001
~ Advanced Flooring Specialist Training
- NFIC National Fiber Installer Certification
2012
2000-2004
~ Certified Flooring Installer Leadership Conferences
~ Authorized Hardwood Inspector: Kahrs
~ Don June/Color Correction
~ Ardex Seminars
~ School Of Surface Technology/Senior Carpet Inspector
2010
- North Carolina State University Wood Products Extension and Southeastern Dry Kiln Club.
2011
- North Carolina State University Wood Products Extension and Southeastern Dry Kiln Club.
2011.
- North Carolina State University Wood Products Extension and Southeastern Dry Kiln Club.
2014. At United States Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory.
- North Carolina State University Wood Products Extension and Southeastern Dry Kiln Club.
2015. Dry Kiln Operators short course.

- NALFA Certified Laminate Flooring Inspector
2012
- NFIC Natural Fiber Installer Certification

- IFCI Institute for Floor Covering Inspectors
Advanced Ceramic Tile & Stone Inspector

- ILCI Institute for Floor Covering Inspectors
Advanced Hardwood Inspector

- ILCI Institute for Floor Covering Inspectors
Luxury Vinyl Products

~ WFCA (World Floor Covering Association)
~ LIFCA (Long Island Flooring Covering Association)
~ CFI (Certified Floor Covering Installer Association)
~ NWFA (National Wood Floor Covering Association)
~ IICRC (Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification)

New York Jets training facility
St Johns University