Upholsterers

What the job involves

• 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