Furniture maker

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Description

Object of activities: production of furniture and their elements.
Typical work tools: furniture production tools, machines, equipment.
Typical working conditions: activities involving manual physical work performed indoors.
Additional information: furniture maker follows the requirements of occupational safety and health, ergonomics, occupational hygiene, fire safety, environmental protection. Qualified individuals will be able to work in furniture manufacturing companies or start a small business.
Competences of qualification:
1. Store materials, blanks, assembly units and products.
2. Prepare and arrange the workplace of the furniture maker.
3. Read furniture production drawings.
4. Determine the qualitative, biological type of solid timber and sheet materials.
5. Measure, mark blanks and calculate raw material costs.
6. Process timber with hand and hand power tools.
7. Process timber with pneumatic tools.
8. Cut sheet materials for furniture.
9. Perform secondary processing of sheet material blanks.
10. Assemble furniture from sheet materials.
11. Prepare furniture for realization.
12. Cut solid timber for furniture.
13. Carry out secondary operations for the preparation of solid timber blanks and parts for furniture production.
14. Assemble furniture from solid timber blanks.
15. Produce wicker furniture elements.
16. Prepare furniture for realization.
17. Finish hard furniture manually.
18. Finish hard furniture in a mechanized way.
19. Cut upholstery, layers of foam and additional upholstery materials.
20. Form and glue softening and additional materials for the production of upholstered furniture.
21. Assemble and upholster upholstered furniture.
22. Prepare furniture for realization.