Profession railway car upholsterer

Railway car upholsterers create manufacturing templates, manufacture and assemble interior components for train carriages. They use power tools, hand tools and CNC machines to prepare and fasten materials. They also inspect incoming materials and prepare the vehicle interior for trim items.

Personality Type

• Realistic / Enterprising

Knowledge

• Upholstery tools

  Set of tools used for upholstering furniture, walls and floors such as staple gun, foam cutter, staple remover.

• Quality standards

  The national and international requirements, specifications and guidelines to ensure that products, services and processes are of good quality and fit for purpose.

Skills

• Read engineering drawings

  Read the technical drawings of a product made by the engineer in order to suggest improvements, make models of the product or operate it.

• Wear appropriate protective gear

  Wear relevant and necessary protective gear, such as protective goggles or other eye protection, hard hats, safety gloves.

• Use technical documentation

  Understand and use technical documentation in the overall technical process.

• Carry out measurements of parts

  Operate measurement instruments to measure parts of manufactured objects. Take into consideration specifications of manufacturers to perform the measuring.

• Use power tools

  Operate power driven pumps. Use hand tools or power tools. Use vehicle repair tools or safety equipment.

• Align components

  Align and lay out components in order to put them together correctly according to blueprints and technical plans.

• Apply health and safety standards

  Adhere to standards of hygiene and safety established by respective authorities.

• Read standard blueprints

  Read and comprehend standard blueprints, machine, and process drawings.

• Troubleshoot

  Identify operating problems, decide what to do about it and report accordingly.

• Test electronic units

  Test electronic units using appropriate equipment. Gather and analyse data. Monitor and evaluate system performance and take action if needed.

• Apply preliminary treatment to workpieces

  Apply preparatory treatment, through mechanical or chemical processes, to the workpiece preceding the main operation.

• Fasten components

  Fasten components together according to blueprints and technical plans in order to create subassemblies or finished products.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB