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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 and Painter
- Interior Decorator, Paperhanging
- Billboard Poster
- Bill Poster Installer
Tasks for “Paperhanger Apprentice”
- Measure and cut strips from rolls of wallpaper or fabric, using shears or razors.
- Measure surfaces or review work orders to estimate the quantities of materials needed.
- Set up equipment, such as pasteboards and scaffolds.
- Remove paint, varnish, dirt, and grease from surfaces, using paint remover and water soda solutions.
- Trim rough edges from strips, using straightedges and trimming knives.
- Mark vertical guidelines on walls to align strips, using plumb bobs and chalk lines.
- Mix paste, using paste powder and water, and brush paste onto surfaces.
- Fill holes, cracks, and other surface imperfections preparatory to covering surfaces.
- Apply thinned glue to waterproof porous surfaces, using brushes, rollers, or pasting machines.
- Smooth rough spots on walls and ceilings, using sandpaper.
- Apply acetic acid to damp plaster to prevent lime from bleeding through paper.
- Staple or tack advertising posters onto fences, walls, billboards, or poles.
- 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.
- 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.
- Check finished wallcoverings for proper alignment, pattern matching, and neatness of seams.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Wallpaper steamers
- Plumb lines
- Razor blade dispensers
- Chalk line markers
- Perforating rollers
- Pneumatic staplers
- Border holdups
- Hand trowels
- Wallpaper pasting machines
- Pulleys
- Tablet computers
- Laser levels
- Paste board clamps
- Broad knives
- Wallpaper shears
- Double cutting wallpaper knives
- Extension ladders
- Straight edge trimmers
- Laptop computers
- Wallpaper booking tables
- Wallpaper scissors
- Paste beaters
- Electric bucket heaters
- Wallpaper smoothers
- Wallpaper pasting boards
- Rolling scaffolds
- Paste syringes
- Length measuring counters
- Personal computers
- Step ladders
- Drywall power sanders
- Measuring tapes
- Break off knives
- Wallpaper removal sprayers
- Wallpaper smoothing brushes
- Paste brushes
- Seam rollers
- Wallpaper scrapers
- Paste tables
- Aluminum straightedges
- Construction Software Center EasyEst
- On Center Quick Bid
- Turtle Creek Software Goldenseal
- Microsoft Excel
- PlanSwift
- A-Systems Jobview