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Overview
Motor vehicle upholsterers make templates, prepare materials and assemble interior components for cars, buses, trucks and other vehicles.
In job descriptions, look for vehicle trim, upholstery tools, fabrics, floor coverings, engineering drawings, blueprints, fastening components, quality checks, customer needs and workshop equipment.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Motor vehicle upholstery is workshop work on the interior of cars, buses, trucks and similar vehicles. The upholsterer creates templates, prepares fabrics or coverings, fastens components and checks incoming material before fitting trim.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes upholstery tools, engineering drawings, blueprints, cutting fabrics, floor coverings, vehicle electronics around trim and quality inspection. Precision matters because small measurement errors show clearly inside the vehicle.
Salary context
Pay expectations are shaped by vehicle type, custom or production work, material difficulty, repair responsibility and whether the role includes customer measurement or electrical trim. Prototype or high-finish work usually carries different expectations from repeat fitting.
Career paths
A path can start with fabric cutting, trim preparation or general upholstery and move toward vehicle interiors, quality inspection, custom builds, workshop coordination or training others on templates and fastening methods.
Good to know
Check whether the vacancy names cars, buses, trucks, trim materials, tools, drawings and customer contact. A clear advert separates vehicle upholstery from ordinary furniture upholstery or general vehicle repair.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 2
Upholsterers
51-6093.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETAutomotive Body and Related Repairers
49-3021.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
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Alternative labels
motorcycle trimmer
lorry upholstery worker
motorcycle upholstery worker
bus trimmer
coach trimmer
car trimmer
lorry upholsterer
bus upholsterer
car upholstery worker
motorcycle upholsterer
lorry trimmer
truck trimmer
coach upholstery worker
truck upholstery worker
bus upholstery worker
truck upholsterer
car upholsterer
Occupation group
upholsterer (7534.3)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/c9874f14-5474-43f6-b4a2-77a94f9abfb3 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 7534.3.3 |
| ISCO group | 7534 |
| Concept type | Occupation |