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Upholsterers

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About this career

£20,791

Median salary

New workers start around £9,078.78. Normal pay is £20,791 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £30,589.38.

Jobs

Subjects achieved a 100% pass rate, including Maths, Further Maths, Physics, English Literature and Spanish.

Daily Tasks

  • Measures, cuts, pins, sews and trims fabrics to make curtains, cushions, loose covers and similar soft furnishings.
  • Replaces covering, padding, webbing or springs to repair upholstered furniture.
  • Encases bed springs and padding with selected covering material by hand or machine stitching and fits castors where required.
  • Operates machine to compress padded spring assemblies and inserts them into mattress covers.
  • Pins sections of coverings together, joins by sewing and inserts trims, braids and buttons as required and fits upholstery unit to frame.
  • Pads springs and secures padding by stitching, stapling, tacking, etc..
  • Tacks and staples or otherwise secures webbing to furniture frame.
  • Measures frame to be covered or examines drawings or other specifications and cuts material with shears, knife or scissors.

Skills

Job postings

Active Learning
61
Learning Strategies
53
Critical Thinking
52
Speaking
49
Mathematics
44
Monitoring
41
Active Listening
39
Reading Comprehension
32
Writing
30
Science
15