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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
- Billboard Poster
- Bill Poster Installer
Tasks for “Interior Decorator, Paperhanging”
- Apply thinned glue to waterproof porous surfaces, using brushes, rollers, or pasting machines.
- Apply adhesives to the backs of paper strips, using brushes, or dunk strips of prepasted wallcovering in water, wiping off any excess adhesive.
- Trim excess material at ceilings or baseboards, using knives.
- 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.
- Apply sizing to seal surfaces and maximize adhesion of coverings to surfaces.
- Mark vertical guidelines on walls to align strips, using plumb bobs and chalk lines.
- Remove old paper, using water, steam machines, or solvents and scrapers.
- Set up equipment, such as pasteboards and scaffolds.
- Measure surfaces or review work orders to estimate the quantities of materials needed.
- Mix paste, using paste powder and water, and brush paste onto surfaces.
- Fill holes, cracks, and other surface imperfections preparatory to covering surfaces.
- Remove paint, varnish, dirt, and grease from surfaces, using paint remover and water soda solutions.
- Apply acetic acid to damp plaster to prevent lime from bleeding through paper.
- Trim rough edges from strips, using straightedges and trimming knives.
- Place strips or sections of paper on surfaces, aligning section edges and patterns.
- Smooth strips or sections of paper with brushes or rollers to remove wrinkles and bubbles and to smooth joints.
- Cover interior walls and ceilings of rooms with decorative wallpaper or fabric, using hand tools.
- Smooth rough spots on walls and ceilings, using sandpaper.
- Check finished wallcoverings for proper alignment, pattern matching, and neatness of seams.
Related Technology & Tools
- Extension ladders
- Pneumatic staplers
- Pulleys
- Seam rollers
- Step ladders
- Paste beaters
- Plumb lines
- Broad knives
- Razor blade dispensers
- Measuring tapes
- Break off knives
- Wallpaper shears
- Length measuring counters
- Drywall power sanders
- Wallpaper steamers
- Hand trowels
- Wallpaper smoothing brushes
- Paste board clamps
- Personal computers
- Wallpaper pasting machines
- Straight edge trimmers
- Rolling scaffolds
- Paste syringes
- Tablet computers
- Paste brushes
- Paste tables
- Perforating rollers
- Wallpaper removal sprayers
- Laser levels
- Wallpaper scissors
- Double cutting wallpaper knives
- Wallpaper booking tables
- Chalk line markers
- Laptop computers
- Wallpaper smoothers
- Wallpaper scrapers
- Border holdups
- Electric bucket heaters
- Wallpaper pasting boards
- Aluminum straightedges
- Construction Software Center EasyEst
- A-Systems Jobview
- On Center Quick Bid
- PlanSwift
- Microsoft Excel
- Turtle Creek Software Goldenseal