Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons

What the job really is

Help painters, paperhangers, plasterers, or stucco masons by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.

At a glance

• Sector: Construction & Extraction
• O*NET-SOC code: 47-3014
• O*NET job zone: 2 — some preparation
• Work sample tasks on file: 11
• Tools and technologies listed: 12

What you actually do

Work sample tasks recorded for this occupation:

• Clean work areas and equipment.
• Perform support duties to assist painters, paperhangers, plasterers, or masons.
• Apply protective coverings, such as masking tape, to articles or areas that could be damaged or stained by work processes.
• Erect scaffolding.
• Fill cracks or breaks in surfaces of plaster articles or areas with putty or epoxy compounds.
• Supply or hold tools and materials.
• Smooth surfaces of articles to be painted, using sanding and buffing tools and equipment.
• Mix plaster, and carry plaster to plasterers.
• Place articles to be stripped into stripping tanks.
• Remove articles such as cabinets, metal furniture, and paint containers from stripping tanks after prescribed periods of time.
• Pour specified amounts of chemical solutions into stripping tanks.

Tools and technology

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, A-Systems JobView, Adjustable wrenches, Airless paint guns, Apple iWork, Application spatulas, Bosun chairs, Caulking guns, Chalk lines, Claw hammers, Construction Software Center EasyEst

What employers expect you to already be comfortable with.

Where this job leads

Related occupations — the usual moves up and sideways:

• Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters
• Helpers--Carpenters
• Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
• Plasterers and Stucco Masons
• Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
• Painters, Construction and Maintenance
• Helpers--Roofers
• Helpers--Electricians

Getting in

O*NET assigns this occupation job zone 2 (some preparation). The related occupations above are the realistic routes in and out.

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