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Job Description
Apply interior or exterior plaster, cement, stucco, or similar materials. May also set ornamental plaster.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 47-2161.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 44,070.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 21.00
- Currently, there are 22,810 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Plasterers and Stucco Masons”.
Also Known As…
- Plasterers and Stucco Masons
- Plastering Contractor
- Plasterer Journeyman
- Plasterer Foreman
- Plasterer
- Plaster Mechanic
- Plaster Foreman
- Plaster and Stucco Worker
- Artisan Plasterer
- Applicator
- Synthetic Plasterer
- Stucco Worker
- Stucco Plasterer
- Stucco Applicator
- Poured Wall Foreman
- Plasterer Apprentice
- Plaster Molder
- Plaster Applicator
- Molding Plasterer
- Modeler
- Mason
- Dry Plasterer
- Artisan
Tasks for “Plaster Applicator”
- Mix mortar and plaster to desired consistency or direct workers who perform mixing.
- Spray acoustic materials or texture finish over walls or ceilings.
- Determine materials needed to complete the job and place orders accordingly.
- Clean job sites.
- Create decorative textures in finish coat, using brushes or trowels, sand, pebbles, or stones.
- Mold or install ornamental plaster pieces, panels, or trim.
- Cover surfaces such as windows, doors, or sidewalks to protect from splashing.
- Apply insulation to building exteriors by installing prefabricated insulation systems over existing walls or by covering the outer wall with insulation board, reinforcing mesh, and a base coat.
- Set up scaffolds.
- Cure freshly plastered surfaces.
- Apply coats of plaster or stucco to walls, ceilings, or partitions of buildings, using trowels, brushes, or spray guns.
- Rough the undercoat surface with a scratcher so the finish coat will adhere.
- Apply weatherproof, decorative coverings to exterior surfaces of buildings, such as by troweling or spraying on coats of stucco.
- Clean and prepare surfaces for applications of plaster, cement, stucco, or similar materials, such as by drywall taping.
- Install guide wires on exterior surfaces of buildings to indicate thickness of plaster or stucco and nail wire mesh, lath, or similar materials to the outside surface to hold stucco in place.
Related Technology & Tools
- Scratcher trowels
- Plaster spraying machines
- Plaster mixers
- Claw hammers
- Plumb bobs
- Inside step tools
- Heat guns
- Power trowels
- Hand saws
- Floats
- Scaffolding
- Spray guns
- Joint knives
- Corner tools
- Precision levels
- T-squares
- Utility knives
- Outside step tools
- Straightedges
- Nail guns
- Screeds
- Nose step tools
- Darbies
- Hand trowels
- Power sanders
- Scraping tools
- Piston pumps
- Notebook computers
- Chalk lines
- Lime brushes
- Featheredgers
- Ornamental cut and shape tools
- Stilts
- Plasterers' hammers
- Keyhole saws
- Power drills
- Rulers
- Plaster molds
- Personal computers
- Trimming knives
- Ladders
- Sage Construction Anywhere
- Construction Software Center EasyEst
- A-Systems JobView
- Turtle Creek Software Goldenseal
- Cost estimating software