furniture restorer
Code 7522.6
Furniture restorers analyse materials and techniques in order to assess the state of an old piece of furniture and to identify and classify it according to art and cultural history. They use old or modern tools and techniques to restore the piece and give advice to customers as to the restoration, conservation and maintenance of such objects.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- technical drawings
- art history
- types of wood
- conservation techniques
Skills and competences
- create smooth wood surface
- apply restoration techniques
- apply a protective layer
- estimate restoration costs
- create wood joints
- document restoration
- assess conservation needs
- evaluate restoration procedures
- sand wood
- operate wood sawing equipment
- do historical research
- join wood elements
Transversal competences
- provide conservation advice
- select restoration activities
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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