Furniture Repair Apprentice

Furniture Repair Technician

Asley Furniture the #1 retailer in home furnishing and bedding is looking for an experienced Furniture Repair Technician to work at our distribution center in Fredericksburg, VA!! Our Furniture Technicians are responsible for repairing minor damages on received furniture. Prior experience in furniture repair, wood working, and/or upholstery repair required.

We Offer

• Weekly Pay
• Paid time off
• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
• 401K
• Life Insurance
• Furniture Discounts
• Extensive training and mentoring
• Many opportunities for career advancement
  
  

General Responsibilities

• Repair damaged furniture to new condition in the allotted time frame.
• Ensure that merchandise is repaired to stock condition efficiently while using industry best practices.
• Complete upholstery repair including mechanism replacement.
• Determine if furniture is repairable or if it must be replaced.
• Report any incomplete service call to Customer Care.
• Record all completed repairs and make note of any further repairs needed and/or parts that need to be ordered.
• Maintain a clean and organized shop area/service truck.
• Assist with various warehouse tasks as needed.
  
  

Qualification Requirements

• Ability to carry out goals and instructions and to follow through on assignments.
• Demonstrates a customer focus.
• Ability to bend, stoop, reach, stand, and walk frequently.
• Ability to work predominately in a warehouse environment; Potential exposure to oil, latex, and spray paint, household chemicals, biological odors and household dusts
• Will bend, squat, stoop, kneel, crouch and reach at or above shoulder level.
• Ability to work in in-door/out-door climate.
  
  

Education Or Experience

• High School Diploma
• Minimum 1 year of experience with wood, wood veneer, leather, and fabric upholstery
• Must have excellent communication and customer service skills
• Refinishing items such as cabinets, drywall, or auto body preferred
• Experience with power tools or hand tools
• Experience assembling or handling/moving furniture
• Clean driving record required
  
  

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters when performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

• While performing the duties at this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical moving parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
  
  

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties at this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and taste and or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and peripheral vision.
  
  

Ashley and T&T Distribution is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of Ashley and T&T Distribution not to discriminate against any employee or job applicant based on race, color, religion, age, gender, disability, national origin, citizenship, or veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.

With regard to individuals with disabilities, Ashely and T&T Distribution shall provide reasonable accommodations to the extent required by law, if the disability is made known, to enable such person to perform essential job functions and to enjoy the same benefits and privileges of employment which are enjoyed by individuals without disabilities.