Jobs / Construction, installation, and repair / 47-2161.00
Plasterers and Stucco Masons
Apply interior or exterior plaster, cement, stucco, or similar materials. May also set ornamental plaster.
- US jobs
- 19,310
- Median wage
- $57,660 a year
- Job family
- Construction, installation, and repair
Can agents do the work of plasterers and stucco masons?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Construction, installation, and repair: Unmeasured (no change in 12 months)
No direct benchmark gives a success rate.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 34%Apply decorative finishesNot measured
- 13%Build structuresNot measured
- 13%Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areasNot measured
- 10%Set up protective structures or coverings near work areasNot measured
- 10%Perform general construction or extraction activitiesNot measured
- 8%Prepare mixtures or solutionsNot measured
- 5%Position materials or components for assemblyNot measured
- 3%Determine resource needs of projects or operationsNot measured
Unmeasured territory
No benchmark in this atlas covers this work yet.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Cover surfaces such as windows, doors, or sidewalks to protect from splashing.
- Apply coats of plaster or stucco to walls, ceilings, or partitions of buildings, using trowels, brushes, or spray guns.
- Clean and prepare surfaces for applications of plaster, cement, stucco, or similar materials, such as by drywall taping.
- Create decorative textures in finish coat, using brushes or trowels, sand, pebbles, or stones.
- Mix mortar and plaster to desired consistency or direct workers who perform mixing.
- Clean job sites.
- Rough the undercoat surface with a scratcher so the finish coat will adhere.
- Set up scaffolds.
- Cure freshly plastered surfaces.
- Apply weatherproof, decorative coverings to exterior surfaces of buildings, such as by troweling or spraying on coats of stucco.
- Determine materials needed to complete the job and place orders accordingly.
- 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.
Other job titles for this occupation (20)
Applicator · Ornamental Plasterer · Plaster Applicator · Plaster Mechanic · Plasterer · Plasterer Journeyman · Plasterer Mechanic · Plastering Contractor · Stucco Worker · Swimming Pool Plasterer · Decorative Plasterer · Dry Plasterer · Hard Surface Plasterer · Mason Plasterer · Molding Plasterer · Plaster Molder · Stucco Applicator · Stucco Mason · Stucco Plasterer · Synthetic Plasterer