About this role
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate. or equivalent experience.
Work setting: Retail or wholesale furniture store.
Tasks
- Make minor adjustments and repairs to furniture.
- Prepare, sand and trim wooden furniture and fixture parts.
- Record information on products inspected.
- 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.
- Reinforce assembled furniture and fixtures with dowels or other supports.
- Install hardware on furniture and fixtures.
- Inspect furniture and fixture subassemblies and finished products for conformance to quality standards.
- Mark defective parts or products for repair.
- Strip old finish from wood surface.
- Smooth gouges with wood filler and sand wood.
- Make minor repairs to furniture.
Experience: 1 to less than 7 months.
- Employment terms options: Day.
- Support for youths: Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment.
- Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth.
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.