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Plasterers and Stucco Masons

Apply interior or exterior plaster, cement, stucco, or similar materials. May also set ornamental plaster.

Other names for Plasterers and Stucco Masons: Applicator, Artisan Plasterer, Dry Plasterer, Laborer, Modeler, Molding Plasterer, Ornamental Plasterer, Plaster Mechanic, Plaster Molder, Plasterer, Plasterer Apprentice, Plasterer Foreman, Plasterer Journeyman, Plastering Contractor, Quality Control Patch-Man (QC Patch-Man), Stucco Man, Stucco Plasterer, Stucco Worker, Swimming Pool Plasterer,

What do Plasterers and Stucco Masons do?

  • Apply coats of plaster or stucco to walls, ceilings, or partitions of buildings, using trowels, brushes, or spray guns.
  • Mix mortar and plaster to desired consistency or direct workers who perform mixing.
  • Create decorative textures in finish coat, using brushes or trowels, sand, pebbles, or stones.
  • 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.
  • Cure freshly plastered surfaces.
  • Clean and prepare surfaces for applications of plaster, cement, stucco, or similar materials, such as by drywall taping.
  • Rough the undercoat surface with a scratcher so the finish coat will adhere.
  • Apply weatherproof, decorative coverings to exterior surfaces of buildings, such as troweling or spraying on coats of stucco.
  • Install guidewires on exterior surfaces of buildings to indicate thickness of plaster or stucco, and nail wire mesh, lath, or similar materials to the outside surface to hold stucco in place.
  • Spray acoustic materials or texture finish over walls and ceilings.
  • Mold and install ornamental plaster pieces, panels, and trim.

Do you enjoy these?

  • Chalk lines
  • Hammers
  • Edgers
  • Floats
  • Trowels
  • Floats
  • Saws
  • Trowels
  • Heat guns
  • Edgers
  • Putty knives
  • Saws
  • Ladders
  • Applicator brushes
  • Power nail guns
  • Edgers
  • Notebook computers
  • Edgers
  • Edgers
  • Personal computers
  • Hydraulic pumps
  • Plaster or mortar mixers
  • Molding machines
  • Paint sprayers
  • Hammers
  • Plumb bobs
  • Power drills
  • Power sanders
  • Trowels
  • Levels
  • Rulers
  • Scaffolding
  • Cleaning scrapers
  • Trowels
  • Concrete spreaders
  • Paint sprayers
  • Ladders
  • Straight edges
  • T squares
  • Utility knives
  • Utility knives

Technology used

  • Project management software
  • Accounting software