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Overview
Upholsterers install, repair or replace padding and soft coverings on furniture, panels, vehicle interiors, fixtures or orthopaedic items.
In job descriptions, look for fabrics, leather, webbing, springs, upholstery tools, pattern making, sewing, furniture repair, restoration costs, protective layers and customer style advice.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Upholstery work combines hand craft, materials and repair judgement. Tasks may include stripping old covers, fitting webbing and springs, cutting fabric, sewing pieces, padding frames and finishing furniture or vehicle interiors.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes textile and leather properties, upholstery tools, pattern making, spring suspension, restoration techniques, furniture repair, protective layers, cost estimates and advice on style or material choice.
Salary context
Salary context depends on object complexity, hand finishing, restoration value, material cost, customer contact, production pace, vehicle or furniture specialization and responsibility for estimating repair work.
Career paths
Career paths can move toward restoration specialist, custom furniture work, workshop lead, vehicle interior upholstery, prototype making, furniture design support or self-employed craft practice.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name furniture, vehicles or orthopaedic items, material types, sewing duties, repair estimates, machinery, customer fitting, delivery handling and whether restoration or production dominates.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Manufacture of furniture
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include furniture upholsterer and mattress maker.
Explore this activityManufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
This occupation may also occur in this activity. Another occupation there is motor vehicle upholsterer.
Explore this activityManufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery
Another possibility is this activity. Another occupation there is aircraft interior technician.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 1
Upholsterers
51-6093.00
Exact relationship
The official mapping treats the O*NET and ESCO occupations as closely equivalent.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
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Economic activities linked to this occupation.
32.5Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies31.0Manufacture of furniture30.3Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery29.32Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles30.12Building of pleasure and sporting boats
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Upholsterers and related workers (7534)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/95a89206-4dc8-4753-a5d9-bc14a0e5f7ca |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 7534.3 |
| ISCO group | 7534 |
| Concept type | Occupation |