Careers Guide

Furniture Upholsterer

What people in this role do:

  • Discuss with clients regarding choice of colour, fabric, style and cost
  • Stretch and staple lengths of webbing on to the underside of the furniture frame and interlace with other webbing
  • To prevent sideway movement lace tops of springs together and staple hessian to the frame
  • Cut and shape foam padding
  • Measure and cut covering material, join pieces of fabric together and tack on to the furniture frame
  • Attach calico to the underside of furniture and cover staples with decorative braid, trim, buttons or fancy nails
  • Repair furniture by replacing fabric covering, webbing, padding and springs.

Your chances of success will be better if you have:

  • Enjoyment of practical and manual work
  • Ability to work neatly and accurately
  • Interest in furniture making
  • Good physical fitness and colour vision
  • Good hand-eye coordination

The Future

  • Employment for minimum of one year
  • Employment areas include: furniture makers in the production of commercial, household, marine and caravan furniture, small businesses for antique, customised, renovations, repairs and recovery work or combine repair and manufacture.

Specialisation

  • Antique and reproduction upholstery custom upholstery
  • Production upholstery involves upholstering mass produced
  • Renovation and repair upholstery
  • For more options see www.myfuture.edu.au

 

Who to contact for more information and advice?

Auswide Projects

Phone / Fax / Email / Website Address Regions Serviced
T (02) 6492 3944
F (02) 6492 4594
bega@auswideprojects.com.au
www.auswideprojects.com.au
163 Auckland ST Bega NSW 2550 Bega

Hunter Valley Training Company

Phone / Fax / Email / Website Address Regions Serviced
T (02) 4932 4222
F (02) 4932 4544
admin@hvtc.com.au
www.hvtc.com.au
East Greta Junction Maitland NSW 2320 All NSW

Novaskill

Phone / Fax / Email / Website Address Regions Serviced
T (02) 4351 5200
F (02) 4351 5900
admingsf@novaskill.com.au
www.novaskill.com.au
Suite 15 1 Reliance Dr PO Box 3408 Tuggerah NSW 2259 NSW

STE 1300 Apprentice

Phone / Fax / Email / Website Address Regions Serviced
T (02) 9715 7344
F (02) 9745 2900
info@1300apprentice.com.au
www.1300apprentice.com.au
Level 2, 28 Burwood Road Burwood NSW 2134 Sydney

TABMA

Phone / Fax / Email / Website Address Regions Serviced
T 02 9277 3100
F 02 9437 1222
Steve@tabma.com.au
tabma
Suite 603 Level 6 486 Pacific Highway St Leonards NSW 2065 Central Coast NSW

TABMA

Phone / Fax / Email / Website Address Regions Serviced
T 02 9277 3100
F 02 9437 1222
Steve@tabma.com.au
www.tabma.com.au
Suite 603 Level 6 486 Pacific Highway St Leonards NSW 2065 Newcastle, Maitland and Hunter

TABMA

Phone / Fax / Email / Website Address Regions Serviced
T 02 9277 3100
F 02 9437 1222
Steve@tabma.com.au
www.tabma.com.au
Suite 603 Level 6 486 Pacific Highway St Leonards NSW 2065 Illawarra, Southern Highlands and South Coast

TABMA

Phone / Fax / Email / Website Address Regions Serviced
T 02 9277 3100
F 02 9437 1222
Steve@tabma.com.au
www.tabma.com.au
Suite 603 Level 6 486 Pacific Highway St Leonards NSW 2065 Northern NSW Coastal and Inland

TABMA

Phone / Fax / Email / Website Address Regions Serviced
T 02 9277 3100
F 02 9437 1222
Steve@Tabma.com.au
www.tabma.com.au
Suite 603 Level 6 486 Pacific Highway St Leonards NSW 2065 Regional areas of NSW

TABMA

Phone / Fax / Email / Website Address Regions Serviced
T 02 9277 3100
F 02 9437 1222
Steve@tabma.com.au
www.tabma.com.au
Suite 603 Level 6 486 Pacific Highway St Leonards NSW 2065 Southern NSW and Australian Capital Territory (ACT)

WPC Group

Phone / Fax / Email / Website Address Regions Serviced
T 1300 760 099
F 1300 760 077
nswreception@wpcgroup.org.au
www.wpcgroup.org.au
Suite 2 / 190 George Street Parramatta, NSW 2150 Sydney