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Career Guidance Skills handling and moving S6.7 - using hand tools S6.7.3 - smoothing surfaces of objects or equipment Stain wood
Description
Mix ingredients to create a stain and apply a layer to the furniture to give it a specific colour and finish.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 1 occupations
- Optional in 19 occupations
- Total: 20 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 7 (Craft and related trades workers)
Essential for
- Furniture finisherFurniture finishers treat the surface of wood furniture using hand and power tools to sand, clean and polish. They apply wood coatings onto wooden surfaces by using different techn…
Optional for
- Stringed musical instrument makerStringed musical instrument makers create and assemble parts to create stringed instruments according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, measure and attach stri…
- Harpsichord makerHarpsichord makers create and assemble parts to make harpsichords according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, tune, test and inspect the finished instrument. O…
- Wood sanderWood sanders smoothen the surface of a wooden object using various sanding instruments. Each applies an abrasive surface, usually sandpaper, to the workpiece to remove irregulariti…
- Recreation model makerRecreation model makers design and construct recreation scale models from various materials such as plastic, wood, wax and metals, mostly by hand. Minimum qualifications No formal …
- Wood products assemblerWood products assemblers put together products from premade pieces of wood. They operate machines, often hydraulic, that bind the various elements of a product together using joint…
- Guitar makerGuitar makers create and assemble parts to build guitars according to specified instructions or diagrams. They work wood, measure and attach strings, test quality of strings and in…
- Doll makerDoll makers design, create and repair dolls using various materials such as porcelain, wood or plastic. They build moulds of forms and attach parts using adhesives and handtools. D…
- Manufactured wooden building assemblerManufactured wooden building assemblers put together wooden elements for use in construction. The elements, or modules, may consist of walls with windows and doors built-in, or may…
- Wood painterWood painters design and create visual art on wooden surfaces and objects such as furniture, figurines and toys. They use a variety of techniques to produce decorative illustration…
- Piano makerPiano makers create and assemble parts to make pianos according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, tune, test and inspect the finished instrument. Other titles …
- Brush makerBrush makers insert different types of material such as horsehair, vegetable fiber, nylon, and hog bristle into metal tubes called ferrules. They insert a wooden or aluminium plug …
- Wood treaterWood treaters apply treatments to wood to make it resistant to environmental factors like mould, cold, moisture, or staining. Treatments may also contribute to the colour of the wo…
- Harp makerHarp makers create and assemble parts to create harps according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, measure and attach strings, test quality of strings and inspe…
- Keyboard musical instrument makerKeyboard musical instrument makers create and assemble parts to create keyboard instruments according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, tune, test and inspect …
- Organ builderOrgan builders create and assemble parts to build organs according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, tune, test and inspect the finished instrument. Other titl…
- Violin makerViolin makers create and assemble parts to create violins according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, measure and attach strings, test quality of strings and i…
- Cabinet makerCabinet makers build cabinets or other pieces of furniture by cutting, shaping and fitting pieces of wood. They use different kind of power and hand tools, such as lathes,…
- Idiophone musical instruments makerIdiophone musical instruments makers create and assemble parts to make idiophone instruments to specified instructions or diagrams. They shape, drill, sand and string the parts tha…
- Wind musical instrument makerWind musical instrument makers create and assemble parts to make wind instruments according to specified instructions and diagrams. They measure and cut the tubing for the resonato…
Related skills
- Chemistry of wood
- Wood preservation
- Furniture wood types
- Types of staining
- Types of wood
- Sand wood
- Manipulate wood
- Apply a protective layer
- Dye wood
- Join wood elements
- Create smooth wood surface
- Organic building materials
- Pass on trade techniques
- Apply restoration techniques
- Technical drawings
- Identify customer’s needs
Last updated on February 18, 2026
