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Paperhanger

Paperhanger

  • Transform spaces with creative wallpaper designs and unique fabric applications.
  • Enhance environments by adding style and personality to walls and ceilings.
  • Master the art of precision and detail in decorative wall coverings.
💰 Earn $45K-$79K
📚 None

Overview

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.

Scoop

Minimum Education

None

Career Prospects

Excellent (Increasing by 5% or more)

Training Time

6 months to 1 year

Job Openings

200 Annually

Median Earnings

$55,450 in California
$48,460 Nationally

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Day-to-Day

  • Smooth strips or sections of paper with brushes or rollers to remove wrinkles and bubbles and to smooth joints.
  • Trim rough edges from strips, using straightedges and trimming knives.
  • Trim excess material at ceilings or baseboards, using knives.
  • Check finished wallcoverings for proper alignment, pattern matching, and neatness of seams.
  • Mark vertical guidelines on walls to align strips, using plumb bobs and chalk lines.

Real Talk Reel

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Best For You If...

YOU Like 💕

  • Using data or completing tasks
  • Working with my hands

You are skilled in 💫

  • Active Listening
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Critical Thinking
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Speaking

You value 🙏

  • Having support
  • Job security
  • Personal relationships

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