Upholsterer

Apprenticeship

What Upholsterers do

• Assist clients with choice of colour, fabric, style and cost
• Stretch lengths of webbing tape across furniture frame and staple to underside
• Stretch and staple interlacing layers of webbing from side to side
• Prevent sideways movement by lacing tops of springs together then staple hessian to the frame
• Shape and cut foam padding, make patterns for furniture coverings, measure and cut fabric, join sections and tack fabric on to the furniture frame
• Use decorative braid, trim, buttons or fancy nails to cover staples and attach calico to the cover the underside of the furniture
• Restore and repair upholstered furniture by replacing cover, webbing, padding and springs.

Your chances of success will be better if you have...

• Enjoyment of practical and manual work
• Creative abilities and an interest in furniture
• Able to work neatly and accurately
• Attention to detail
• Good general physical fitness
• Sound vision
• Good hand-eye coordination
• School Certificate

The Future

• Employment for a minimum of four years
• Employment areas include: commercial, household, marine and caravan furniture, specialists in antiques, customising, renovating, repairing and recovery of furniture

Specialisation

• Antique and reproduction upholstery, custom upholstery, mass produced upholstery, renovation and repair upholstery
• For more options see www.myfuture.edu.au

Who to Contact for more information and advice?

Upholstery / Furniture Making and Finishing – Apprenticeship