Furniture Finishers

People in this career often have talent in:

• Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Visual Color Discrimination - The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
• Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.

• Visualization - The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.

People in this career often do these activities:

• Confer with customers or designers to determine order specifications.
• Apply protective or decorative finishes to workpieces or products.
• Fill cracks, imperfections, or holes in products or workpieces.
• Repair furniture or upholstery.
• Shape surfaces or edges of wood workpieces.

• Operate grinding equipment.
• Remove accessories, tools, or other parts from equipment.
• Advise others on ways to improve processes or products.
• Select production input materials.
• Mix ingredients to create specific finishes.
• Clean workpieces or finished products.
• Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
• Operate painting or coating equipment.
• Examine condition of property or products.
• Disassemble equipment for maintenance or repair.
• Design furniture.

• Helpers--Production Workers

• Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

• Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic

• Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers

• Pourers and Casters, Metal

• Tire Repairers and Changers

• Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

• Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand

• Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood