Furniture assembler

Code 8219.4

Furniture assemblers place together all parts of furniture and auxiliary items such as furniture legs and cushions. They may also fit springs or special mechanisms. Furniture assemblers follow instructions or blueprints to assemble the furniture, and use hand tools and power tools.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • technical drawings

Skills and competences

  • align components
  • create smooth wood surface
  • apply a protective layer
  • create furniture frames
  • ensure conformity to specifications
  • clean wood surface
  • memorise assembly instructions
  • assemble prefabricated furniture
  • operate drilling equipment
  • tend boring machine
  • follow written instructions
  • join wood elements

Transversal competences

  • use power tools

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Sources

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences