Upholsterer

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Upholsterers are continuously in high demand by companies located in Canada.

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The employer is seeking an experienced upholsterer in furniture, automotive, or recreational upholstery and draperies. As an upholsterer, you will be working directly with the production manager, who assigns work to all upholsterers.

Responsibilities

• Discuss upholstery fabric, color, and style with customers and provide a cost estimate for upholstering furniture or other items

• Lay out, measure, and cut upholstery materials according to sketches or design specifications

• Replace worn-out webbing, springs, and other furniture parts using hand and power tools

• Operate sewing machines or sew upholstery materials by hand to seam cushions and join sections of covering materials

• Install padding and underlays and fasten covering materials to furniture frames

• Tack, glue, or sew ornamental trim, braids, or buttons on upholstered items

• Lay out, cut, fabricate and install upholstery in aircraft, motor vehicles, railway cars, boats, and ships

• May repair furniture frames and refinishes wood surfaces

• May make upholstery patterns from sketches, customer descriptions, or blueprints

• May install, fabricate, maintain and repair interior components of aircraft, such as seats, coverings, drapes, cargo nets, flooring, closets, bins, and panels.

Qualifications

• Upper-Intermediate communication skills in English, both written and oral

• At least 1 year of experience in upholstery

• Experience in any of the following: furniture, automotive, or recreational upholstery and draperies

• Minimum high school diploma

• Manual dexterity

• Hand-eye coordination

• Ability to distinguish between colors

• Ability to endure upholstery-related tasks that require sitting, standing, walking, bending, crouching, and kneeling.

Who can apply?

You can apply if:

• You are a refugee, stateless person, or in a situation where you are displaced from your home country

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