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Job Description
Cover interior walls or ceilings of rooms with decorative wallpaper or fabric, or attach advertising posters on surfaces such as walls and billboards. May remove old materials or prepare surfaces to be papered.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 47-2142.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 36,470.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 17.00
- Currently, there are 3,190 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Paperhangers”.
Also Known As…
- Paperhangers
- Wallpaper Installer
- Wallpaper Hanger
- Wall Covering Installer
- Wall Covering Contractor
- Vinyl Hanger
- Paperhanger
- Paper Hanger
- Hanger
- Bill Poster
- Bill Board Poster
- Wallpaperer
- Wallcovering Hanger
- Vinyl Installer
- Paperhanger Apprentice
- Paperhanger and Painter
- Interior Decorator, Paperhanging
- Billboard Poster
Tasks for “Bill Poster Installer”
- Fill holes, cracks, and other surface imperfections preparatory to covering surfaces.
- Place strips or sections of paper on surfaces, aligning section edges and patterns.
- Apply sizing to seal surfaces and maximize adhesion of coverings to surfaces.
- Measure and cut strips from rolls of wallpaper or fabric, using shears or razors.
- Measure surfaces or review work orders to estimate the quantities of materials needed.
- Trim excess material at ceilings or baseboards, using knives.
- Apply adhesives to the backs of paper strips, using brushes, or dunk strips of prepasted wallcovering in water, wiping off any excess adhesive.
- Remove old paper, using water, steam machines, or solvents and scrapers.
- Apply thinned glue to waterproof porous surfaces, using brushes, rollers, or pasting machines.
- Mix paste, using paste powder and water, and brush paste onto surfaces.
- Cover interior walls and ceilings of rooms with decorative wallpaper or fabric, using hand tools.
- Remove paint, varnish, dirt, and grease from surfaces, using paint remover and water soda solutions.
- Mark vertical guidelines on walls to align strips, using plumb bobs and chalk lines.
- Set up equipment, such as pasteboards and scaffolds.
- Staple or tack advertising posters onto fences, walls, billboards, or poles.
- Trim rough edges from strips, using straightedges and trimming knives.
- Smooth rough spots on walls and ceilings, using sandpaper.
- Apply acetic acid to damp plaster to prevent lime from bleeding through paper.
- Check finished wallcoverings for proper alignment, pattern matching, and neatness of seams.
- Smooth strips or sections of paper with brushes or rollers to remove wrinkles and bubbles and to smooth joints.
Related Technology & Tools
- Wallpaper smoothing brushes
- Border holdups
- Paste board clamps
- Wallpaper scissors
- Wallpaper booking tables
- Extension ladders
- Laser levels
- Razor blade dispensers
- Paste beaters
- Aluminum straightedges
- Paste syringes
- Wallpaper shears
- Laptop computers
- Seam rollers
- Broad knives
- Step ladders
- Drywall power sanders
- Paste brushes
- Double cutting wallpaper knives
- Wallpaper scrapers
- Personal computers
- Plumb lines
- Rolling scaffolds
- Hand trowels
- Wallpaper smoothers
- Pneumatic staplers
- Electric bucket heaters
- Length measuring counters
- Wallpaper steamers
- Wallpaper pasting machines
- Tablet computers
- Chalk line markers
- Wallpaper removal sprayers
- Paste tables
- Break off knives
- Straight edge trimmers
- Measuring tapes
- Perforating rollers
- Pulleys
- Wallpaper pasting boards
- Microsoft Excel
- Turtle Creek Software Goldenseal
- A-Systems Jobview
- On Center Quick Bid
- Construction Software Center EasyEst
- PlanSwift