description
Shape, finish, and refinish damaged, worn, or used furniture or new high-grade furniture to specified color or finish.
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details
Currently Employed:
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Projected Annual Job Openings:
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Typical Hourly Wage:
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Typical Annual Salary:
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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:
Less than 1 month on-the-job training
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typical job duties
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Confer with customers to determine furniture colors or finishes.
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Brush, spray, or hand-rub finishing ingredients, such as paint, oil, stain, or wax, onto and into wood grain and apply lacquer or other sealers.
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Fill and smooth cracks or depressions, remove marks and imperfections, and repair broken parts, using plastic or wood putty, glue, nails, or screws.
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Smooth, shape, and touch up surfaces to prepare them for finishing, using sandpaper, pumice stones, steel wool, chisels, sanders, or grinders.
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Remove accessories prior to finishing, and mask areas that should not be exposed to finishing processes or substances.
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Remove old finishes and damaged or deteriorated parts, using hand tools, stripping tools, sandpaper, steel wool, abrasives, solvents, or dip baths.
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Recommend woods, colors, finishes, and furniture styles, using knowledge of wood products, fashions, and styles.
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Treat warped or stained surfaces to restore original contours and colors.
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Select appropriate finishing ingredients such as paint, stain, lacquer, shellac, or varnish, depending on factors such as wood hardness and surface type.
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Mix finish ingredients to obtain desired colors or shades.
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tools & technology
Tools:
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Paint brushes
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Paint mixers
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Paint sprayers
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Respirators
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Rubber mallet
Technology:
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Accounting software
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Data base user interface and query software
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Internet browser software
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Office suite software
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