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