Plasterers

Key Tasks

• •Determining plasterboard layout, and installing insulation and vapour barriers
• •Measuring, marking and cutting plasterboard, lifting and positioning panels, and securing them to walls, ceilings and battens
• •Preparing corner beads and securing them in position
• •Fixing pre-cast cornices, panel mouldings, ceiling centres and other plaster fittings
• •Covering joins and nail holes with wet plaster and sealing compounds, and smoothing them using wet brushes and sand paper
• •Mixing and applying coats of plaster, cement and render to structures using trowels, and levelling and smoothing coats to uniform thickness
• •Plumbing and straightening corners, angles and wall and ceiling surfaces
• •Creating decorative textures in finishing coats
• •Applying and finishing acoustic, insulating and fireproofing materials bonded with plaster, plastic cement and similar materials

Employment Projections to 2035