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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”
- 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.
- Apply sizing to seal surfaces and maximize adhesion of coverings to surfaces.
- Set up equipment, such as pasteboards and scaffolds.
- Trim rough edges from strips, using straightedges and trimming knives.
- Apply adhesives to the backs of paper strips, using brushes, or dunk strips of prepasted wallcovering in water, wiping off any excess adhesive.
- Mark vertical guidelines on walls to align strips, using plumb bobs and chalk lines.
- Cover interior walls and ceilings of rooms with decorative wallpaper or fabric, using hand tools.
- Staple or tack advertising posters onto fences, walls, billboards, or poles.
- Smooth rough spots on walls and ceilings, using sandpaper.
- Fill holes, cracks, and other surface imperfections preparatory to covering surfaces.
- Remove old paper, using water, steam machines, or solvents and scrapers.
- Measure surfaces or review work orders to estimate the quantities of materials needed.
- Mix paste, using paste powder and water, and brush paste onto surfaces.
- Smooth strips or sections of paper with brushes or rollers to remove wrinkles and bubbles and to smooth joints.
- 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.
- Check finished wallcoverings for proper alignment, pattern matching, and neatness of seams.
- Trim excess material at ceilings or baseboards, using knives.
- Place strips or sections of paper on surfaces, aligning section edges and patterns.
Related Technology & Tools
- Wallpaper scissors
- Personal computers
- Extension ladders
- Pulleys
- Wallpaper steamers
- Wallpaper booking tables
- Chalk line markers
- Perforating rollers
- Wallpaper smoothing brushes
- Paste board clamps
- Hand trowels
- Wallpaper scrapers
- Laptop computers
- Drywall power sanders
- Wallpaper shears
- Border holdups
- Paste tables
- Rolling scaffolds
- Plumb lines
- Tablet computers
- Paste beaters
- Wallpaper removal sprayers
- Step ladders
- Razor blade dispensers
- Seam rollers
- Wallpaper pasting boards
- Paste syringes
- Wallpaper smoothers
- Aluminum straightedges
- Double cutting wallpaper knives
- Straight edge trimmers
- Laser levels
- Break off knives
- Broad knives
- Electric bucket heaters
- Paste brushes
- Measuring tapes
- Length measuring counters
- Pneumatic staplers
- Wallpaper pasting machines
- Construction Software Center EasyEst
- Microsoft Excel
- Turtle Creek Software Goldenseal
- A-Systems Jobview
- On Center Quick Bid
- PlanSwift