Upholsterer
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The employer is seeking an experienced upholsterer in furniture, automotive, or recreational upholstery and draperies. As an upholsterer, you will be working directly with the production manager, who assigns work to all upholsterers.
Responsibilities
Discuss upholstery fabric, color, and style with customers and provide a cost estimate for upholstering furniture or other items
Lay out, measure, and cut upholstery materials according to sketches or design specifications
Replace worn-out webbing, springs, and other furniture parts using hand and power tools
Operate sewing machines or sew upholstery materials by hand to seam cushions and join sections of covering materials
Install padding and underlays and fasten covering materials to furniture frames
Tack, glue, or sew ornamental trim, braids, or buttons on upholstered items
Lay out, cut, fabricate and install upholstery in aircraft, motor vehicles, railway cars, boats, and ships
May repair furniture frames and refinishes wood surfaces
May make upholstery patterns from sketches, customer descriptions, or blueprints
May install, fabricate, maintain and repair interior components of aircraft, such as seats, coverings, drapes, cargo nets, flooring, closets, bins, and panels.
Qualifications
Upper-Intermediate communication skills in English, both written and oral
At least 1 year of experience in upholstery
Experience in any of the following: furniture, automotive, or recreational upholstery and draperies
Minimum high school diploma
Manual dexterity
Hand-eye coordination
Ability to distinguish between colors
Ability to endure upholstery-related tasks that require sitting, standing, walking, bending, crouching, and kneeling.
Who can apply?
You can apply if:
You are a refugee, stateless person, or in a situation where you are displaced from your home country
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