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