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