Upholstery and Canvas Maker

Caravelle Boat Group has immediate openings for Upholstery and Canvas Makers! 

Job duties include:

• Stretch webbing and fabric
• Collaborate with interior designers to decorate rooms and coordinate furnishing fabrics
• Maintain records of time required to perform each job
• Repair furniture frames and refinish exposed wood
• Adjust or replace webbing, padding, and/or springs and secure them in place
• Attach binding or apply solutions to edges of cut material to prevent raveling
• Build furniture up with loose fiber stuffing, cotton, felt, and/or foam padding to form smooth rounded surfaces
• 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
• Draw cutting lines on material following patterns, templates, sketches, customer description, or blue prints, using chalk, pencils, paint, or other methods
• Examine furniture frames, upholstery, springs, and webbing to locate defects
• Fit, install, and secure material on frames, using hand tools, power tools, glue, cement, and/or staples
• Interweave and fasten strips of webbing to the backs and undersides of furniture, using small hand tools and fasteners
• Make, restore, and/or create custom upholstered furniture, using hand tools and knowledge of fabrics and upholstery methods
• Measure and cut new covering materials, using patterns and measuring and cutting instruments, following sketches and design specifications
• Operate sewing machines or sew upholstery by hand to seam cushions and join various sections of covering material
• Read work orders, and apply knowledge and experience with materials in order to determine types and amounts of materials required to cover work pieces.  
• Remove covering, webbing, padding, and/or defective springs from work pieces, using hand tools such as hammers and tack pullers
• Sew rips or tears in material, or create tufting, using needles and thread

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off

It's easy to apply today! You'll love working at Caravelle Boat Group!

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