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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
- Bill Poster Installer
Tasks for “Hanger”
- Fill holes, cracks, and other surface imperfections preparatory to covering surfaces.
- Staple or tack advertising posters onto fences, walls, billboards, or poles.
- Trim rough edges from strips, using straightedges and trimming knives.
- 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.
- 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.
- Apply thinned glue to waterproof porous surfaces, using brushes, rollers, or pasting machines.
- Apply sizing to seal surfaces and maximize adhesion of coverings to surfaces.
- Place strips or sections of paper on surfaces, aligning section edges and patterns.
- Remove paint, varnish, dirt, and grease from surfaces, using paint remover and water soda solutions.
- Remove old paper, using water, steam machines, or solvents and scrapers.
- Apply acetic acid to damp plaster to prevent lime from bleeding through paper.
- Smooth rough spots on walls and ceilings, using sandpaper.
- Measure and cut strips from rolls of wallpaper or fabric, using shears or razors.
- Check finished wallcoverings for proper alignment, pattern matching, and neatness of seams.
- Set up equipment, such as pasteboards and scaffolds.
- Mark vertical guidelines on walls to align strips, using plumb bobs and chalk lines.
- Smooth strips or sections of paper with brushes or rollers to remove wrinkles and bubbles and to smooth joints.
Related Technology & Tools
- Electric bucket heaters
- Paste beaters
- Wallpaper smoothers
- Hand trowels
- Wallpaper scrapers
- Wallpaper removal sprayers
- Perforating rollers
- Pulleys
- Extension ladders
- Border holdups
- Double cutting wallpaper knives
- Wallpaper shears
- Length measuring counters
- Break off knives
- Rolling scaffolds
- Measuring tapes
- Chalk line markers
- Paste board clamps
- Straight edge trimmers
- Paste syringes
- Pneumatic staplers
- Broad knives
- Tablet computers
- Paste brushes
- Step ladders
- Wallpaper pasting machines
- Plumb lines
- Laptop computers
- Seam rollers
- Personal computers
- Wallpaper smoothing brushes
- Wallpaper booking tables
- Wallpaper scissors
- Wallpaper pasting boards
- Razor blade dispensers
- Paste tables
- Laser levels
- Wallpaper steamers
- Drywall power sanders
- Aluminum straightedges
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