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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 Foreman
- Plasterer
- Plaster Mechanic
- Plaster Foreman
- Plaster Applicator
- Plaster and Stucco Worker
- Artisan Plasterer
- Applicator
- Synthetic Plasterer
- Stucco Worker
- Stucco Plasterer
- Stucco Applicator
- Poured Wall Foreman
- Plasterer Journeyman
- Plasterer Apprentice
- Plaster Molder
- Molding Plasterer
- Modeler
- Mason
- Dry Plasterer
- Artisan
Tasks for “Plasterer Journeyman”
- Mix mortar and plaster to desired consistency or direct workers who perform mixing.
- Mold or install ornamental plaster pieces, panels, or trim.
- Clean job sites.
- Create decorative textures in finish coat, using brushes or trowels, sand, pebbles, or stones.
- Determine materials needed to complete the job and place orders accordingly.
- Apply coats of plaster or stucco to walls, ceilings, or partitions of buildings, using trowels, brushes, or spray guns.
- Cure freshly plastered surfaces.
- Apply weatherproof, decorative coverings to exterior surfaces of buildings, such as by troweling or spraying on coats of stucco.
- 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.
- 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.
- Set up scaffolds.
- Rough the undercoat surface with a scratcher so the finish coat will adhere.
- Spray acoustic materials or texture finish over walls or ceilings.
Related Technology & Tools
- Straightedges
- Screeds
- Power drills
- Scratcher trowels
- Plaster spraying machines
- Darbies
- Ladders
- Floats
- Plasterers' hammers
- Piston pumps
- Plaster mixers
- Ornamental cut and shape tools
- Outside step tools
- Power sanders
- Nail guns
- Hand saws
- Featheredgers
- Scaffolding
- Personal computers
- Rulers
- Nose step tools
- Precision levels
- Plumb bobs
- Plaster molds
- Power trowels
- Scraping tools
- Chalk lines
- Inside step tools
- Trimming knives
- Keyhole saws
- Corner tools
- Notebook computers
- Spray guns
- Hand trowels
- Lime brushes
- Heat guns
- T-squares
- Stilts
- Utility knives
- Joint knives
- Claw hammers
- Construction Software Center EasyEst
- A-Systems JobView
- Turtle Creek Software Goldenseal
- Cost estimating software
- Sage Construction Anywhere