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