Upholsterer
- Transform spaces with custom upholstery for furniture and vehicles.
- Enhance comfort and aesthetics, making everyday items more inviting.
- Craft unique designs using diverse materials and creative techniques.
💰 Earn $40K-$55K
📚 High School Diploma or GED
Overview
Make, repair, or replace upholstery for household furniture or transportation vehicles.Scoop
High School Diploma or GED
Shaky (Decreasing by 1-5%)
Day-to-Day
- Fit, install, and secure material on frames, using hand tools, power tools, glue, cement, or staples.
- Measure and cut new covering materials, using patterns and measuring and cutting instruments, following sketches and design specifications.
- Build furniture up with loose fiber stuffing, cotton, felt, or foam padding to form smooth, rounded surfaces.
- Make, restore, or create custom upholstered furniture, using hand tools and knowledge of fabrics and upholstery methods.
- Read work orders, and apply knowledge and experience with materials to determine types and amounts of materials required to cover workpieces.
Best For You If...
You are skilled in 💫
- Operation and Control
- Operations Monitoring
- Complex Problem Solving
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Monitoring
You value 🙏
- Having support
- Job security
- Accomplishing things
In Action
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Upholsterer
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