Apprenticeship training course
Furniture restorer (level 3)
Furniture restorers repair and protect pieces of modern and old furniture, returning them as closely as possible to their original condition.
- Qualification level
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3
Equivalent to A level. - Typical duration
- 36 months
- Apprenticeship category
- Creative and design
- Maximum funding
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£13,000
Maximum amount government will fund
for apprenticeship training. - Also known as
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- Craft technician
- Furniture conservator
- Furniture guilder
- Furniture restorer
- Historic interiors conservator
- Skills
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Skills an apprentice will learn
- Conduct assessment of furniture pieces to be restored to establish date or period, materials and finish used and repairs required.
- Use appropriate project management tools and techniques to identify milestones, targets and deadlines.
- Specify furniture restoration requirements for work to be completed.
- Record information.
- Build a complete and accurate picture of original techniques and materials used in producing furniture items to be restored.
- Research information on furniture pieces to be restored and necessary equipment and techniques for restoration.
- Agree furniture restoration work to be carried out with internal or external customers.
- Present conditions and options reports to internal or external customers.
- Prepare comprehensive reports on the furniture restoration work undertaken.
- Provide customers with advice on mitigating further damage to restored pieces.
- Comply with health and safety regulations and procedures.
- Review and select techniques, procedures and methods to undertake furniture restoration tasks.
- Ensure resources (whether physical, financial and or human) are used efficiently.
- Set up, operate and monitor furniture restoration machinery, tools and equipment.
- Maintain work area in a clean, tidy, organised state and free from hazards.
- Carry out structural, surface and finishing repairs to furniture pieces to be restored.
- Re-make and repair joints to furniture pieces to be restored.
- Replace fixtures and fittings to furniture pieces to be restored.
- Replicate and restore furniture components.
- Remove, make, re-lay, and patch veneers to furniture pieces to be restored.
- Re-upholster furniture pieces or components.
- Store furniture restoration materials, tools, and equipment safely in the approved locations.
- Prepare surfaces for finishes and apply finishes using effective techniques and appropriate tools for the kind of materials and type of surface on furniture pieces to be restored.
- Create decorative effects to meet furniture restoration requirements.
- Identify and report faults, snags and issues. Carry out rectification work where required, following a root cause analysis.
- Apply fault-finding and problem-solving techniques to problems.
- Carry out required maintenance responsibilities within acceptable timescales.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
- Use digital collaboration tools to meet with, share and collaborate with colleagues and customers.
- Communicate (written and verbal) using appropriate digital tools and techniques.
Full information on Furniture restorer (level 3) is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.