How do they match: Upholsterers

  • Top and Trim Worker

  • Design upholstery cover patterns and cutting plans, based on sketches, customer descriptions, or blueprints.
  • Discuss upholstery fabrics, colors, and styles with customers, and provide cost estimates.
  • Make, restore, or create custom upholstered furniture, using hand tools and knowledge of fabrics and upholstery methods.
  • Read work orders, and apply knowledge and experience with materials to determine types and amounts of materials required to cover workpieces.

  • Confer with customers or designers to determine order specifications.
  • Estimate costs of products, services, or materials.
  • Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.