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Scenario · Upholstery and Soft Furnishings

Reupholster the Camberwell lounge suite

You are an upholsterer in the Upholstery and Soft Furnishings workroom.

Intermediate6 to 8 hours7 tasks
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The situation

What has happened

A private customer in Camberwell has sent in a three seat lounge and two armchairs for recovering in their own linen fabric, and the job is logged as JO-26-1051 with 22 metres of 140 centimetre wide fabric received. The frames are twenty years old with sagging seat cushions and the customer has asked whether there will be enough fabric left for a matching scatter cushion. Renee Okafor wants the existing condition documented before anything is stripped, because the customer has previously disputed a repair. The workroom has high resilience foam in stock and the contact adhesive safety data sheet is on the wall. The job is due on 30 September.

Your brief. Assess and document the condition of each piece, plan a cutting layout that makes the customer's fabric go as far as possible, strip and repair the frames and foundations, cut and sew the covers, fit and finish them to a professional standard and tell the customer whether a matching cushion is possible.
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Tasks

Deliverables

  • Condition assessment with photographs in the job order
  • Cutting plan with fabric usage calculation
  • Materials requisition form
  • Finished pieces inspected by the team leader
  • Customer note about the remaining fabric

Documents to use

Systems to use

Job Order Register

Tracks every job from confirmed order through production, dispatch and installation to handover, with the job pack details and current status.

Materials and Stock Register

Holds the stock on hand of board, timber, hardware, foam, fabric, glass and consumables, with minimum levels, locations and reorder status.

For trainers and assessors

Units of competency

Current on training.gov.au for the Furnishing Training Package as at 10 September 2026.

MSFUP2012Dismantle and reassemble furniture for upholstering
MSFUP2011Develop cutting plan and cut single layer upholstery fabric
MSFUP2009Apply contemporary foundations to upholstered furniture
MSFUP3016Fit and apply final cover materials to furniture using basic techniques
MSFUP3022Apply finishing techniques to upholstered furniture

Qualifications

MSF30722Certificate III in Upholstery
Assessor notes

What to look for

Evidence guide

Check that the condition record was made before stripping and is specific to each piece, that the cutting plan is arithmetically correct and minimises waste, that adhesives were used with the controls in the policy, and that the finished covers show even tension, matched pattern direction and neat corners. The customer note must be accurate about fabric remaining.

The student's evidence summary lists every record they created or changed in the systems named above, their notes and the tasks they ticked. Verify it against the deliverables and your own assessment tool.