Custom Upholsterer

Employment Information

  • Post ID: 268091539
  • Posted Date: May 6, 2025
  • Closing Date: Jul 11, 2025
  • Company: Dick's Furniture and Upholstery
  • Category: Skilled Trades & Craft
  • Business Location:Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • Total Views: 201
  • Duration: 0 calendar days (1 business days)
  • Last Updated: 5 hours ago
  • Job URL: https://tribaljobs.ca/jobs/268091539/alberta/calgary/custom-upholsterer/
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Job Details

  • Experience: 3 years - 5 years
  • Opening Positions: 1
  • Remuneration: $24.00 to $26.00 per hour (To be negotiated) / 40 to 50 hours per week
  • Commencement Date: As soon as possible
  • Education: High school graduation certificate
  • How to apply: email to [email protected]

Job Description

Tasks

  • Discuss upholstery fabric, colour and style with customers
  • Provide cost estimate for upholstering furniture or other items
  • Replace worn-out webbing, springs and other furniture parts
  • Lay out, cut, fabricate and install upholstery
  • Tack, glue or sew ornamental trim, braids or buttons
  • Repair furniture frames and refinish wood surfaces
  • Operate sewing machines or sew by hand
  • Garnish the bottom and the back of a seat with interoven rattan
  • Replace damaged windows and repair upholstery

Experience and specialization

Type of materials

  • Leather

Type of industry experience

  • Furniture and fixtures manufacturing company
  • Furniture upholstery and repair shop
  • Specialty seat manufacturing company

Specialization or experience

  • Antique furniture and furnishings
  • Seats for stadiums, halls etc.
  • Furniture

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

  • Public transportation is available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Manual dexterity
  • Attention to detail
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Ability to distinguish between colours
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Benefits

Other benefits

  • Learning/training paid by employer
  • Variable or compressed work week