Upholsterer Resume Template
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Kyle Cook
Upholsterer · Custom & Restoration Furniture
Columbus, OH · (614) 555-2977
kyle.cook@email.com · linkedin.com/in/kylecook
OSHA 10-Hour General Industry
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Profile
Upholsterer with 9 years reupholstering and restoring residential and antique furniture for a custom shop. Complete 8–10 pieces a week and cut turnaround on custom orders from 3 weeks to 10 days.
Shop Experience
Senior Upholsterer
2021 – Present
Buckeye Custom Upholstery, Columbus, OH
- Measure and cut covering fabric and leather for sofas, chairs and antiques using paper patterns.
- Strip old covering, webbing and padding and rebuild frames with new springs and foam.
- Complete 8–10 reupholstery jobs a week and cut turnaround from 3 weeks to 10 days.
- Fit and secure fabric on frames with staple guns, tack strips and hand-sewn closures.
- Repair broken frame joints and refinish exposed wood on antique restoration pieces.
Upholsterer
2017 – 2021
Scioto Furniture Restoration, Grove City, OH
- Rebuilt seat decks with webbing, coil springs and foam padding for residential furniture.
- Sewed tufting, welt cord and cushion covers on industrial sewing machines.
- Examined furniture frames and springs to locate defects and quote repair scope to customers.
- Attached fasteners, grommets and trim to finish custom pieces to specifications.
Upholsterer Apprentice
2015 – 2017
Ohio Valley Upholstery Supply, Columbus, OH
- Cut foam and batting to pattern and assisted with frame stripping and webbing install.
- Learned tufting and welt-cord techniques under a master upholsterer.
Trade Skills
Fabric cutting
Foam & padding install
Frame repair
Sewing machines
Pattern making
Tufting techniques
Material sourcing
Tools & Equipment
Industrial sewing machinesPneumatic staple gunsFoam cutting sawsIntuit QuickBooks
Education
Trade School Certificate in Upholstery
2015
Upholstery Trade School
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Skills to list
- Fabric cutting
- Foam and padding installation
- Frame repair
- Sewing machines
- Pattern making
- Tufting techniques
- Staple gun use
- Material sourcing
Software and tools
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office software
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Microsoft Windows
- Intuit QuickBooks
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- LibreOffice Draw
Duties to describe on a upholsterer resume
- Fit, installed, and secured material on frames, using hand tools, power tools, glue, cement, or staples.
- Measured and cut new covering materials, using patterns and measuring and cutting instruments, following sketches and design specifications.
- Built furniture up with loose fiber stuffing, cotton, felt, or foam padding to form smooth, rounded surfaces.
- Made, restored, or created custom upholstered furniture, using hand tools and knowledge of fabrics and upholstery methods.
- Read work orders, and applied knowledge and experience with materials to determine types and amounts of materials required to cover workpieces.
- Examined furniture frames, upholstery, springs, and webbing to locate defects.
Titles along the way
- Upholsterer Apprentice
- Upholsterer
- Master Upholsterer
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