// Unit group · 7123

Plasterers

Plasterers install, maintain and repair plasterboard in buildings, and apply decorative and protective coverings of plaster, cement and similar material to the interiors and exteriors of structures.

7 Craft and Related Trades Workers / 71 Building and Related Trades Workers (excluding Electricians) / 712 Building Finishers and Related Trades Workers / All level 4

// Working conditions

Air and dustLifting and postureWork at height

// Hand tools

  1. 1General Hand Tool Operation
  2. 2Hammers

applying one or more coats of plaster to interior walls and ceilings of buildings to produce finished surface

measuring, marking and installing ornamental plaster panels, and casting and trimming ornamental plaster cornices

measuring, marking and cutting plasterboard, lifting and positioning panels and securing them to walls, ceilings and battens

covering joins and nail holes with wet plaster and sealing compounds, and smoothing them using wet brushes and sand paper

applying protective and decorative covering of cement, plaster and similar materials to exterior building surfaces

making and installing decorative plaster fixtures of fibrous plaster

applying and finishing acoustic, insulating and fireproofing materials bonded with plaster, plastic cement and similar materials.

Included occupations

Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Dry wall plasterer
- Fibrous plasterer
- Ornamental plasterer
- Plasterer
- Solid plasterer
- Stucco plasterer

Indexed job titles 10