Upholsterer
- Classification
- Occupation
- Skill level
- 3
- Major group
- Technicians and Trades Workers
- Assessing authority
- TRA
Classification
- Major group
- 3Technicians and Trades Workers
- Sub-major group
- 39Other Technicians and Trades Workers
- Unit group
- 3933Upholsterers
Description
Makes, rebuilds and repairs upholstered articles such as chairs, sofas, beds and mattresses.
Specialisations
- Furniture Upholsterer
- Mattress Maker
Unit group
3933 · UpholsterersDescription
Upholsterers make, rebuild and repair upholstered articles such as chairs, sofas, beds and mattresses.
Skill level
Australia
AQF Certificate III including at least two years of on-the-job training, or AQF Certificate IV (ANZSCO Skill Level 3)
New Zealand
NZQF Level 4 qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 3) At least three years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualifications listed above. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.
Occupation skill level 3
Tasks
Tasks include
- conferring with clients to determine materials and cost of furniture items to be made or repaired
- making and repairing wooden frames, and removing and replacing defective springs
- removing coverings, webbing and padding from old furniture
- securing material, padding, springs and webbing to articles to be upholstered
- measuring and cutting materials and covering furniture
- seaming cushions and joining sections of covering material
- attaching ornamental trims, braids and buttons
- padding and covering spring units to upholster mattresses
- may finish wooden surfaces on furniture
- may remove stains from fabric
Occupations in this unit group
Sources
Core Skills Occupation List
- Occupation
- Upholsterer · 393311
- Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL)
- Not listed in supplied data
- Core Skills Occupation List (CSOL)
- Listed
- Regional Occupation List (ROL)
- Not listed in supplied data