How do they match: Furniture Finishers

  • Disassemble items to prepare them for finishing, using hand tools.
  • Follow blueprints to produce specific designs.
  • Recommend woods, colors, finishes, and furniture styles, using knowledge of wood products, fashions, and styles.
  • Smooth, shape, and touch up surfaces to prepare them for finishing, using sandpaper, pumice stones, steel wool, chisels, sanders, or grinders.
  • Wash surfaces to prepare them for finish application.

  • Advise others on ways to improve processes or products.
  • Apply protective or decorative finishes to workpieces or products.
  • Clean workpieces or finished products.
  • Examine condition of property or products.
  • Fill cracks, imperfections, or holes in products or workpieces.
  • Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
  • Select production input materials.