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Our well established, client is recruiting for an Upholster to join their established team at their Reading workshop.
- Job type - Permanent
- Location: Reading
- Salary: Dependent on experience
- Working Hours: Monday - Thursday 7am - 4.30pm & Friday 7am - 4pm. There is a potential to work on an occasional Saturday
- Benefits - pension, 21 days holiday + bank holidays, free parking
The successful Upholster will have the following relating skills:
- Experience working with a variety of upholstery materials
- Cut and apply foam and upholstery fabric
- Sewing and cutting skills
- Strip down and re-upholster furniture, using supplied and own-made templates
- Apply buttoning and cushioning
- Use hand and air compressor tools
- Fix webbing and springs into seats
- Cover frames with padding and fabric using sewing machines, stitches & staples
- Use decorative techniques such as fringing, piping and buttoning
- Renovate and re-upholstering old furniture
- Cut wood to replace damaged seat boards etc
The successful Upholster will have the following experience:
- High attention to detail is essential
- Ability to work well with your hands
- Able to use your initiative and a flexible working attitude
- Knowledge of manufacturing production and processes
- Ability to use, repair and maintain machines and tools
- A team player is essential
- Strong work ethic, resilient, self-starter with a can-do attitude
