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