description
Make, repair, or replace upholstery for household furniture or transportation vehicles.
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Currently Employed:
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Projected Annual Job Openings:
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Typical Hourly Wage:
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typical training
Typical education needed for entry:
High school diploma or equivalent
Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation:
No work experience
Typical on-the-job training once you have a job in this occupation:
1 to 12 months on-the-job training
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typical job duties
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Fit, install, and secure material on frames, using hand tools, power tools, glue, cement, or staples.
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Measure and cut new covering materials, using patterns and measuring and cutting instruments, following sketches and design specifications.
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Build furniture up with loose fiber stuffing, cotton, felt, or foam padding to form smooth, rounded surfaces.
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Make, restore, or create custom upholstered furniture, using hand tools and knowledge of fabrics and upholstery methods.
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Read work orders, and apply knowledge and experience with materials to determine types and amounts of materials required to cover workpieces.
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Draw cutting lines on material following patterns, templates, sketches, or blueprints, using chalk, pencils, paint, or other methods.
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Stretch webbing and fabric, using webbing stretchers.
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Operate sewing machines or sew upholstery by hand to seam cushions and join various sections of covering material.
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Examine furniture frames, upholstery, springs, and webbing to locate defects.
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Adjust or replace webbing, padding, or springs, and secure them in place.
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tools & technology
Tools:
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Glue guns
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Hammers
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Pullers
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Punches or nail sets or drifts
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Sewing needles
Technology:
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Accounting software
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Computer aided design CAD software
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Enterprise resource planning ERP software
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Office suite software
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Operating system software
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