Painting & Plastering Helpers Careers

Also called: Billboard Poster Helper, Bridge Painter Helper, Dry Plasterer Helper, Exterior Work Helper, Highway Painter Helper

Painting & Plastering Helpers  Careers

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Helpers of painters, paperhangers, plasterers, or stucco masons perform duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning the work area and equipment.

  • 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.
Work Context

Work Context information for this career will be available soon.

Work Activities
  • Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
  • Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
  • Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
  • Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
  • Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
  • Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
Detailed Work Activities
  • Clean equipment or facilities.
  • Assist skilled construction or extraction personnel.
  • Protect structures or surfaces near work areas to avoid damage.
  • Assemble temporary equipment or structures.
  • Apply material to fill gaps in surfaces.
  • Assist skilled construction or extraction personnel.
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Knowledge

Building and Construction
  • Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
English Language
  • Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Skills

Speaking
  • Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Coordination
  • Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

Abilities

Trunk Strength
  • The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing.
Gross Body Equilibrium
  • The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position.
Static Strength
  • The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
Extent Flexibility
  • The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
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Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include ideas, thinking, and figuring things out.
They do well at jobs that need:
  • Achievement/Effort
  • Persistence
  • Initiative
  • Leadership
  • Cooperation
  • Concern for Others
  • Social Orientation
  • Self Control
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Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Spreadsheet software
  • Microsoft Excel Hot Technology
Office suite software
  • Microsoft Office Hot Technology
  • Apple iWork
Project management software
  • Turtle Creek Software Goldenseal
  • Sage Construction Anywhere
  • On Center Quick Bid
  • Evergreen Technology Eagle Bid Estimating
  • Cost estimating software
  • Construction Software Center EasyEst
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