- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
Experience
7 months to less than 1 year
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site workplace
- Noisy
- Dusty
Work setting
- Furniture manufacturing company
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Prepare, sand and trim wooden furniture and fixture parts
- Set up and operate finishing machines or finish furniture by hand
- Assemble wooden or metal furniture and fixture parts to form subassemblies and complete articles
- Read blueprints and drawings
- Stain or finish wood to specified colour
- Apply toners, highlights, glazes or shaders to obtain desired finish
- Reinforce assembled furniture and fixtures with dowels or other supports
- Apply lacquer or other sealers
- Install hardware on furniture and fixtures
- Clean, polish and wax furniture
- Sand metal furniture to prepare for finish and spray with paint or other materials
- Smooth gouges with wood filler and sand wood
- Make minor repairs to furniture
- Make minor adjustments and repairs
Experience and specialization
Type of materials
- Metal
- Wood
Equipment and machinery experience
- Automated spray painting
- Grinding machine
- Power tools
- Hand tools
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Ability to distinguish between colours
Personal suitability
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player