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What this job is
A furniture finisher prepares, treats, and applies protective and decorative coatings to timber and manufactured furniture components in manufacturing, restoration, or workshop settings. They operate finishing equipment, mix and apply stains, varnishes, paints, and specialised coatings, and inspect work to meet quality and safety standards. The role involves both hand application techniques and spray equipment operation in compliance with work health and safety regulations around hazardous substances.
Pay
A$1,405 a week
This is the median for full-time employees who are not managers and are paid at the adult rate, before tax and salary sacrifice. It is a guide to what the work pays, not a wage rate.
Source: ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025, customised report.
What this role asks for
- Adaptability and Flexibilitycore
- Apply a protective layercore
- Apply colour coatscore
- Attention to Detailcore
- Continuous Learning and Upskillingcore
- Create smooth wood surfacecore
- Policy and Procedure Adherencecore
- Problem Solvingcore
- Quality Assurance and Checkingcore
- Risk Identificationcore
- Sand woodcore
- Team Collaborationcore
- Time Managementcore
- Verbal Communicationcore
- Workload Self-Managementcore
- Basic Arithmetic and Numerical Accuracy
- Carve materials
- Clean furniture
- Decorate furniture
- Fix minor scratches
- Furniture industry
- Health Terminology Literacy
- Incident Reporting
- Inventory Tracking
- Process Improvement Identification
- Supplier Communication
- Types of wood
- Written Communication