Upholstery - Sofa Line

ForestSource; Hickory (NC); On-site; USD 21,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

ForestSource is seeking a Sofa Line Upholsterer to build and finish inside upholstery on sofa frames, following production tickets and quality standards. You will read tickets and apply flow matching, center lines, carry-throughs, and four-way lineups.

Responsibilities include sewing seats to frames, fabric cutting, applying cotton and borders, upholstering arms and backs with foam, fabric, and matching stripes, while maintaining straight grain and alignment.

Qualifications

• Sews seat to frame, cuts fabric, applies cotton and borders.
• Applies foam and cotton to arms, stitches fabric to arms and adds borders as needed.

Responsibilities

• Sews seat to frame, making cuts and applying borders.
• Applies foam and cotton to arms, fabrics to arms, and borders; bands various arm types.
• Aligns fabric patterns on backs and keeps grain straight.

Skills

Sewing to frame

Fabric fitting

Fabric cutting

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

POSITION: Upholstery - Sofa Line

A sofa line upholsterer is responsible for building and completing inside upholstery on sofa frames while ensuring quality craftsmanship and accurate construction according to production specifications. They will read and interpret production tickets while applying upholstery techniques including flow matching, center lines, carry-throughs, and four-way lineups. They will upholster seats by sewing to frames, making cuts, and applying cotton and borders. They will upholster arms by applying foam, cotton, fabric, and borders on various arm styles. They will upholster backs by aligning fabric patterns and maintaining straight grain. They will ensure finished products meet quality standards.

Essential Functions:

• Sews seat to frame, making cuts, applying cotton, applying borders
• Applies foam and cotton to areas on frame arms, making proper cuts and applying fabric to arms, apply borders as needed, band different kinds of arms (sock, track, panel border arm)
• Apply fabric to back of frame aligning stripes, keeping grain of fabric straight.

Education:

High School Graduate or equivalent (preferred)

Physical Aspects of the Job:

In a typical day, employee will spend up up to 9 hours standing and up to 30 minutes walking.

In a typical work day, the employee will be asked to bend, stoop, push and pull, reach above shoulder level, kneel, balance, crawl or crouch, and may be asked to lift up to 50 pounds.

Employees must use their hands to operate air staplers and to pull and/or stretch fabrics while stapling with the other hand.

Employees must have precise manual dexterity.

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time