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