Upholsterer
- Recruiter
- Anonymous
- Location
- Farnborough
- Salary
- 10.00 - 15.00 GBP Hourly
- Posted
- 14 Feb 2019
- Closes
- 14 Mar 2019
- Sectors
- Manufacturing & Industrial
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Upholsterer
As an upholsterer, you will pad and cover furniture such as chairs, bedheads and sofas. Your job may involve either or both of the following:
* Factory work, upholstering complete items or particular parts like chair or sofa arms
* Craft work on individual pieces of new furniture or renovation or re-upholstery of old or antique furniture
* Your work may be physically demanding, involving lifting and carrying furniture.
Skills:
* The ability to take accurate measurements and work out amounts of materials
* Good attention to detail
* Practical skills
* Patience and perseverance
* Safety-awareness
* Self-motivation and the ability to work without supervision
Day-to-Day Tasks:
* Building furniture up with loose fibre stuffing, cotton, felt, and/or foam padding to form smooth rounded surfaces
* Drawing cutting lines on material following patterns, template, sketches, or blueprints, using chalk, pencils, paint, or other methods
* Examining furniture frames, upholstery, springs, and webbing to locate defects
* Fitting, installing, and securing material on frames, using hand tools, power tools, glue, cement, and/or staples
* Making, restoring, and/or creating custom upholstered furniture, using hand tools and knowledge of fabrics and upholstery methods
* Reading work orders, and apply knowledge and experience with materials in order to determine types and amounts of materials required to cover workpieces
* Sewing rips or tears in material, or creating tufting, using needles and thread
* Preparing patterns and templates
* Cutting out fabric
* Fixing webbing and springs
* Covering frames with padding and fabric using stitching, staples, tacks or glue
* Making cushions
* Adding trimmings such as piping, fringing and buttons
* You could also re-upholster furniture, which would involve removing old upholstery and repairing the frame before re-upholstery
* Understanding Health & Safety requirements
* Assisting in updating Risk Assessments - notifying management of hazards / risks
* Keeping work area clean and tidy
As an upholsterer, you will pad and cover furniture such as chairs, bedheads and sofas. Your job may involve either or both of the following:
* Factory work, upholstering complete items or particular parts like chair or sofa arms
* Craft work on individual pieces of new furniture or renovation or re-upholstery of old or antique furniture
* Your work may be physically demanding, involving lifting and carrying furniture.
Skills:
* The ability to take accurate measurements and work out amounts of materials
* Good attention to detail
* Practical skills
* Patience and perseverance
* Safety-awareness
* Self-motivation and the ability to work without supervision
Day-to-Day Tasks:
* Building furniture up with loose fibre stuffing, cotton, felt, and/or foam padding to form smooth rounded surfaces
* Drawing cutting lines on material following patterns, template, sketches, or blueprints, using chalk, pencils, paint, or other methods
* Examining furniture frames, upholstery, springs, and webbing to locate defects
* Fitting, installing, and securing material on frames, using hand tools, power tools, glue, cement, and/or staples
* Making, restoring, and/or creating custom upholstered furniture, using hand tools and knowledge of fabrics and upholstery methods
* Reading work orders, and apply knowledge and experience with materials in order to determine types and amounts of materials required to cover workpieces
* Sewing rips or tears in material, or creating tufting, using needles and thread
* Preparing patterns and templates
* Cutting out fabric
* Fixing webbing and springs
* Covering frames with padding and fabric using stitching, staples, tacks or glue
* Making cushions
* Adding trimmings such as piping, fringing and buttons
* You could also re-upholster furniture, which would involve removing old upholstery and repairing the frame before re-upholstery
* Understanding Health & Safety requirements
* Assisting in updating Risk Assessments - notifying management of hazards / risks
* Keeping work area clean and tidy