Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an upholsterer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an upholsterer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Upholsterers provide objects such as furniture, panels, orthopaedic devices, fixtures or vehicle parts with padding or soft covering. They can install, repair or replace the upholstery of objects with materials such as fabrics, leather, suede or cotton. Upholsterers install the webbings and springs necessary to cover the material.

Also known as chair maker, seat builder, mattress builder, mattress maker, chair builder, chairmaker, seat maker, heritage upholsterer, soft furnishing maker, craftsman upholsterer, craft upholsterer, craftsperson upholsterer.

Craft and related trades workers 38 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: mattress maker, 73%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
mattress maker 73% covered mattress making machine opera… 73% covered antique furniture reproducer 38% covered frame maker 34% covered furniture finisher 30% covered upholsterer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from upholsterer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an upholsterer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An upholsterer needs 12 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • install spring suspension working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • types of spring engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • upholstery fillings engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • upholstery tools engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • perform upholstery repair handling and moving
  • provide customized upholstery communication, collaboration and creativity
  • create patterns for textile products handling and moving
  • sew textile-based articles handling and moving
  • manufacture of small metal parts engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • sew pieces of fabric working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an upholsterer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Upholsterer is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an upholsterer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.