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