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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Make, repair, or replace upholstery for household furniture or transportation vehicles. | Fit, install, and secure material on frames, using hand tools, power tools, glue, cement, and/or staples. | |||
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Build furniture up with loose fiber stuffing, cotton, felt, and/or foam padding to form smooth rounded surfaces. | ||||
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Examine furniture frames, upholstery, springs, and webbing to locate defects. | ||||
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Attach fasteners, grommets, buttons, buckles, ornamental trim, and other accessories to covers or frames, using hand tools. | ||||
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Remove covering, webbing, padding, and/or defective springs from workpieces, using hand tools such as hammers and tack pullers. | ||||
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Read work orders, and apply knowledge and experience with materials in order to determine types and amounts of materials required to cover workpieces. | ||||
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Draw cutting lines on material following patterns, templates, sketches, or blueprints, using chalk, pencils, paint, or other methods. | ||||
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Make, restore, and/or create custom upholstered furniture, using hand tools and knowledge of fabrics and upholstery methods. | ||||
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Measure and cut new covering materials, using patterns and measuring and cutting instruments, following sketches and design specifications. | ||||
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Maintain records of time required to perform each job. | ||||
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Discuss upholstery fabrics, colors, and styles with customers, and provide cost estimates. | ||||
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Repair furniture frames and refinish exposed wood. | ||||
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Operate sewing machines or sew upholstery by hand to seam cushions and join various sections of covering material. | ||||
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Pick up and deliver furniture. | ||||
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Interweave and fasten strips of webbing to the backs and undersides of furniture, using small hand tools and fasteners. | ||||
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Sew rips or tears in material, or create tufting, using needles and thread. | ||||
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Attach bindings or apply solutions to edges of cut material to prevent raveling. | ||||
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Adjust or replace webbing, padding, and/or springs, and secure them in place. | ||||
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Stretch webbing and fabric, using webbing stretchers. | ||||
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Design upholstery cover patterns and cutting plans, based on sketches, customer descriptions, or blueprints. | ||||
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Make, repair, and/or replace automobile upholstery and convertible and vinyl tops, using knowledge of fabric and upholstery methods. | ||||
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Collaborate with interior designers to decorate rooms and coordinate furnishing fabrics. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Upholsterers
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. | |||
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English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. | |||
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Operation Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. | |||
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Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. | |||
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Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. | |||
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Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. | |||
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Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. | |||
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Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. | |||
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Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. | |||
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Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. | |||
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Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. | |||
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Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. | |||
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Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). | |||
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Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. | |||
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Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. | |||
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Depth Perception | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. | |||
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Wrist-Finger Speed | The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists. | |||
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Dynamic Strength | The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue. | |||
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Response Orientation | The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part. | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate) | |||
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On-the-Job Training | Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month | |||
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On-Site or In-Plant Training | Up to and including 1 month | |||
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Related Work Experience | None | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Aircraft Seat Upholsterer | |||
Arm Maker | |||
Arm Rest Builder | |||
Arm Upholsterer | |||
Auto Top Mechanic | |||
Auto Upholsterer | |||
Automobile Upholsterer | |||
Automobile Upholsterer Apprentice | |||
Automotive Upholsterer | |||
Back Upholsterer | |||
Body Trimmer Upholsterer | |||
Box Spring Upholsterer | |||
Car Seat Coverer | |||
Car Seat Maker | |||
Car Seat Upholsterer | |||
Casket Coverer | |||
Casket Trimmer | |||
Chair Pad Maker | |||
Chair Upholsterer | |||
Convertible Top Installer | |||
Decorator | |||
Dining Chair Seat Cushion Trimmer | |||
Dining Chair Trimmer | |||
Furniture Upholsterer | |||
Furniture Upholsterer Apprentice | |||
Furniture Upholstery Mechanic | |||
Gimp Tacker | |||
Inside Upholsterer | |||
Limousine and Hearse Upholsterer | |||
Recliner Arm Line Upholsterer | |||
Seat Cover Cutter | |||
Seat Cover Installer | |||
Seat Coverer | |||
Seat Covers Trimmer | |||
Seating Upholsterer | |||
Sleeper Arm Line Upholsterer | |||
Slip Cover Cutter | |||
Slipcover Cutter | |||
Sofa Back Upholsterer | |||
Stapler | |||
Top Installer | |||
Top and Trim Worker | |||
Trimmer | |||
Upholstered Goods Crafter | |||
Upholsterer | |||
Upholsterer Apprentice | |||
Upholstery Auto Trimmer | |||
Upholstery Cutter | |||
Upholstery Designer | |||
Upholstery Mechanic | |||
Upholstery Pattern Designer | |||
Upholstery Repairer | |||
Upholstery Trimmer | |||
Vinyl Top Installer | |||
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