EMPLOY participants can perform some or all of these functions:

• Examine upholstery to locate defects
• Design upholstery cover patterns
• Remove covering, webbing, padding, and defective springs
• Measure and cut new covering material
• Adjust or replace webbing, padding, and springs
• Sew rips or tears in material or create tufting
• Operate sewing machine to seam cushions and join various sections of covering material
• Refinish wood surfaces on upholstered or reupholstered furniture
• Drill or punch holes in material
• Fit, install, and secure material using hand tools, power tools, glue, cement, or staples
• Attach fasteners, grommets, buckles, ornamental trim, and other accessories to cover or frame
• Attach binding or apply solutions to edges of cut material to prevent raveling