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Upholsterer
Employer
Dick's Furniture and UpholsteryDate Posted
November 10, 2025Languages
English-
Location Calgary, AB
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Earnings $30.00 to $36.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 40 to 50 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 1  Vacancy
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Closing Date Jan 23, 2026
Employer
Dick's Furniture and Upholstery
Languages
English
Education
No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site environment
Dusty
Work setting
- Warehouse
- Restaurant
Tasks
- Discuss upholstery fabric, colour and style with customers
- Provide cost estimate for upholstering furniture or other items
- Replace worn-out webbing, springs and other furniture parts
- Lay out, cut, fabricate and install upholstery
- Tack, glue or sew ornamental trim, braids or buttons
- Repair furniture frames and refinish wood surfaces
- Operate sewing machines or sew by hand
- Garnish the bottom and the back of a seat with interoven rattan
- Lay out master pattern on fabric and cut sample pattern
- Lay out patterns
Type of materials
Leather
Patternmaking experience
Master patterns
Type of industry experience
- Furniture and fixtures manufacturing company
- Furniture upholstery and repair shop
- Specialty seat manufacturing company
Specialization or experience
- Antique furniture and furnishings
- Seats for stadiums, halls etc.
- Furniture
Area of specialization
Sewing
Transportation/travel information
Public transportation is available
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Screening questions
- Are you authorized to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
Experience
5 years or more
Employment terms options
Day
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
- Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition
- Does not require Canadian work experience
Support for mature workers
- Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for mature workers
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Interest Codes
- OBJECTIVE
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Interest in precision working to lay out, cut, fabricate and install upholstery in aircraft, motor vehicles, railway cars, boats and ships; may install, fabricate, maintain and repair interior components of aircraft, such as seats, coverings, drapes, cargo nets, flooring, closets, bins and panels
- METHODICAL
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Interest in compiling information to install padding and underlays and to fasten covering materials to furniture frames
- INNOVATIVE
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Interest in speaking with customers to discuss upholstery fabric, colour and style; may repair furniture frames and refinish wood surfaces
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