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