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Snapshot before the quality program (relevance gates, tiered mapping, QA linter). v1 is the immutable before/after reference; evidence crawl was at ~175/3039 occupations when tagged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01PDKeXvpT6tENSvyQGLV1Uq
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name, description
| name | description |
|---|---|
| furniture-cleaner | Occupational skill for the role 'furniture cleaner' (also: re-upholsterer, upholstery cleaner). Use when the user asks for typical furniture cleaner work such as: Mix finish ingredients to obtain desired colors or shades.; Brush, spray, or hand-rub finishing ingredients, such as paint, oil, stain, or wax, onto and into wood grain and apply lacquer or other sealers.; Smooth, shape, and touch up surfaces to prepare them for finishing, using sandpaper, pumice stones, steel wool, chisels, sanders, or grinders. |
Furniture Cleaner
Furniture cleaners maintain furniture items by removing dust, applying furniture polish, cleaning stains and maintaining colouring.
Core workflow
- Mix finish ingredients to obtain desired colors or shades.
- Brush, spray, or hand-rub finishing ingredients, such as paint, oil, stain, or wax, onto and into wood grain and apply lacquer or other sealers.
- Smooth, shape, and touch up surfaces to prepare them for finishing, using sandpaper, pumice stones, steel wool, chisels, sanders, or grinders.
- Select appropriate finishing ingredients such as paint, stain, lacquer, shellac, or varnish, depending on factors such as wood hardness and surface type.
- Fill and smooth cracks or depressions, remove marks and imperfections, and repair broken parts, using plastic or wood putty, glue, nails, or screws.
- Distress surfaces with woodworking tools or abrasives before staining to create an antique appearance, or rub surfaces to bring out highlights and shadings.
- Examine furniture to determine the extent of damage or deterioration, and to decide on the best method for repair or restoration.
- Remove old finishes and damaged or deteriorated parts, using hand tools, stripping tools, sandpaper, steel wool, abrasives, solvents, or dip baths.
How to use this skill
- Read references/profile.md for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult references/tasks.md for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check references/skills.md for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check references/tools.md for the software commonly used in this role.
Key competences (essential)
- clean furniture
- cleaning industry health and safety measures
- follow organisational guidelines in the cleaning industry
- furniture care products
- furniture industry
- furniture wood types
- handle chemical cleaning agents
- maintain customer service
- perform cleaning duties
- polish furniture
- prepare furniture for application of paint
- provide advice on furniture maintenance
- use furniture dust removing tools
Hot technologies
- Intuit QuickBooks
- Microsoft Office software
Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/23be4cb6-c5e7-449e-8d76-8edfe9a00478), ONET 30.3 (51-7021.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*