Furniture Upholsterer

Traineeship

What Furniture Upholsterers 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?

Furniture Making and Finishing – Traineeship