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