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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 |
|---|---|
| upholsterer | Occupational skill for the role 'upholsterer' (also: chair maker, seat builder, mattress builder, mattress maker, chair builder, chairmaker). Use when the user asks for typical upholsterer work such as: Fit, install, and secure material on frames, using hand tools, power tools, glue, cement, or staples.; Build furniture up with loose fiber stuffing, cotton, felt, or foam padding to form smooth, rounded surfaces.; Examine furniture frames, upholstery, springs, and webbing to locate defects. |
Upholsterer
Upholsterers provide objects such as furniture, panels, orthopaedic devices, fixtures or vehicle parts with padding or soft covering. They can install, repair or replace the upholstery of objects with materials such as fabrics, leather, suede or cotton. Upholsterers install the webbings and springs necessary to cover the material.
Core workflow
- Fit, install, and secure material on frames, using hand tools, power tools, glue, cement, or staples.
- Build furniture up with loose fiber stuffing, cotton, felt, or foam padding to form smooth, rounded surfaces.
- Examine furniture frames, upholstery, springs, and webbing to locate defects.
- Attach fasteners, grommets, buttons, buckles, ornamental trim, and other accessories to covers or frames, using hand tools.
- Remove covering, webbing, padding, or defective springs from workpieces, using hand tools such as hammers and tack pullers.
- Read work orders, and apply knowledge and experience with materials to determine types and amounts of materials required to cover workpieces.
- Make, restore, or create custom upholstered furniture, using hand tools and knowledge of fabrics and upholstery methods.
- Measure and cut new covering materials, using patterns and measuring and cutting instruments, following sketches and design specifications.
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)
- create patterns for textile products
- fasten components
- install spring suspension
- manufacture of small metal parts
- perform upholstery repair
- properties of textile materials
- provide customized upholstery
- sew pieces of fabric
- sew textile-based articles
- types of spring
- upholstery fillings
- upholstery tools
Hot technologies
- Intuit QuickBooks
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/95a89206-4dc8-4753-a5d9-bc14a0e5f7ca), ONET 30.3 (51-6093.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*