Upholstery Apprentice

Description of the Position:

Responsible for assisting in the preventative maintenance and repair duties of upholstered items within hotel, restaurants and casino. Team Member will work under immediate supervision. Relies on instructions and pre-established guidelines and good judgment to perform the functions of the job. This is apprentice level position with the potential to transition into an Upholsterer position based on performance in one to three years.

Primary Duties, Responsibilities, and Tasks:

• All team members are obligated to support and uphold the Valley View Casino & Hotel’s Standards of Excellence, Mission and Vision Statements as outlined in the Team Member Guide to Success.
• Maintain positive guest relations at all times, resolving guest complaints and ensuring guest satisfaction. Greet guests in a courteous and caring manner using personalized service.
• Assist in the repair of upholstered furniture including covering, rebuilding and repairing various items.
• Assists the Senior Upholsterer in rebuilding furniture by preparing damaged frames for repairs and replacing padding with fabrics.
• Laces the surface of wooden frames with felt pads, cottons, fiber stuffing or foam to form a soft, rounded surface.
• Assists with repairs on broken or defective wooden frame, may use glue to bind a damaged frame or they may replace using upholstery tools.
• Other duties as assigned by Project Technician Manager and Senior Upholsterer.
• Responsible for conducting all responsibilities in a professional and ethical manner
• Responsible for maintaining a consistent, regular attendance record.
• Adheres to performance standards, company policies and procedures, as they relate to the department.

Required Qualifications:

• Ability to use power and hand tools such as staple gun, nail gun, drills, electric saw, hammer and other upholstery tools.
• Effective communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to speak and understand the English language.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret documents such as safety rules, instructions, guidelines, operating and maintenance instructions, and policies and procedure manuals written in the English language.
• Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form referring back to established guidelines and policies and procedures.
• Ability to define problems involving several concrete variables, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions to carry out primary duties, responsibilities and tasks.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Must use very good judgment when providing information to our guests and maintain positive guest relations at all times.
• Responsible for maintaining a consistent, regular attendance record.
• Responsible for conducting all responsibilities in a professional and ethical manner.
• Must apply for, receive, and maintain a Gaming License from the Tribal Gaming Agency.
• Must be able to successfully pass applicable auditions or skill testing and a drug screening test.

Preferred Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• One year of experience working with upholstery, sewing or related field.

Physical Requirements of the Position:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by the Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Clear vision (close, distant, peripheral, and depth perception) is needed for navigating office and casino environments, reading and reviewing reports and policies, operating data processing equipment and other essential job functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the Team Member is regularly required to talk and hear.
• The Team Member may be required to stand, walk, and sit and use hands to manipulate, handle, or feel.
• The Team Member is regularly required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell.
• The Team Member must frequently lift and/or move 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.

Working Conditions:

• The Casino is open 24 hours per day, seven (7) days per week; therefore, you must be flexible to work any and all shifts.
• While performing the duties of this job, the Team Member is exposed to second hand tobacco smoke, moving mechanical parts, risk of radiation from computers, and fumes or airborne particles.
• The Team Member is usually subject to inside environmental conditions, which provide protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes.
• The Team Member is occasionally subject to outside environmental conditions and to wet and/or humid conditions.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. When on the casino floor, the noise level increases to loud.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $19.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Experience:

• upholstery or sewing: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $19