7534-Upholsterers and Related Workers

Tasks include:

• discussing upholstery fabric, colour, and style with customers and providing cost estimate for upholstering furniture or other items
• making upholstery patterns from sketches, customer descriptions or blueprints
• laying out, measuring and cutting upholstery materials following patterns, templates, sketches, or design specifications
• installing, arranging and securing springs, padding and covering material to furniture frames
• sewing upholstery materials by hand to seam cushions and joining sections of covering materials
• sewing rips or tears in material, or creating tufting, using needle and thread
• tacking, gluing or sewing ornamental trims, buckles, braids, buttons and other accessories to covers or frames on upholstered items
• laying out, cutting, fabricating and installing upholstery in aircrafts, motor vehicles, railway cars, boats and ships
• repairing raw hide covering of artificial limbs
• renovating antique furniture using a variety of tools including ripping chisels, magnetic hammers and long needles
• collaborating with interior designers to decorate rooms and coordinate furnishing fabrics
• making quilts, cushions and mattresses