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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”
- Apply sizing to seal surfaces and maximize adhesion of coverings to surfaces.
- Trim rough edges from strips, using straightedges and trimming knives.
- Set up equipment, such as pasteboards and scaffolds.
- Staple or tack advertising posters onto fences, walls, billboards, or poles.
- Measure and cut strips from rolls of wallpaper or fabric, using shears or razors.
- 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.
- Cover interior walls and ceilings of rooms with decorative wallpaper or fabric, using hand tools.
- Apply thinned glue to waterproof porous surfaces, using brushes, rollers, or pasting machines.
- Measure surfaces or review work orders to estimate the quantities of materials needed.
- 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.
- 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.
- Mix paste, using paste powder and water, and brush paste onto surfaces.
- Fill holes, cracks, and other surface imperfections preparatory to covering surfaces.
- Place strips or sections of paper on surfaces, aligning section edges and patterns.
- Trim excess material at ceilings or baseboards, using knives.
- Smooth strips or sections of paper with brushes or rollers to remove wrinkles and bubbles and to smooth joints.
Related Technology & Tools
- Wallpaper pasting boards
- Straight edge trimmers
- Wallpaper pasting machines
- Chalk line markers
- Wallpaper smoothing brushes
- Tablet computers
- Seam rollers
- Length measuring counters
- Drywall power sanders
- Broad knives
- Plumb lines
- Paste brushes
- Hand trowels
- Border holdups
- Paste beaters
- Personal computers
- Step ladders
- Aluminum straightedges
- Perforating rollers
- Wallpaper steamers
- Rolling scaffolds
- Extension ladders
- Wallpaper removal sprayers
- Razor blade dispensers
- Break off knives
- Measuring tapes
- Paste tables
- Paste board clamps
- Wallpaper shears
- Pulleys
- Laser levels
- Wallpaper smoothers
- Electric bucket heaters
- Pneumatic staplers
- Wallpaper scrapers
- Wallpaper booking tables
- Paste syringes
- Wallpaper scissors
- Double cutting wallpaper knives
- Laptop computers
- A-Systems Jobview
- Microsoft Excel
- Turtle Creek Software Goldenseal
- PlanSwift
- On Center Quick Bid
- Construction Software Center EasyEst