Talk to your school counselor about programs and classes like woodworking that are offered at your school so you can start learning skills that will get you started in this field.

Find a class to jump-start your construction skills.

Is someone you know (a neighbor, family member, friend, etc.) working on a home improvement DIY project? Volunteer to help in order to get practice using hand tools, taking measurements, problem solving, and more!

Volunteer to help with a home improvement project.

Search online for how-to videos to see how hard this work is to master--and whether it's something you think you'd like. Does seeing this kind of work in action make you more interested in trying it?

Watch tutorials on how to do this kind of work.

Paperhangers

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.

Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.

Realistic

Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.

Conventional

Work involves creating original visual artwork, performances, written works, food, or music for a variety of media, or applying artistic principles to the design of various objects and materials. Artistic occupations are often associated with visual arts, applied arts and design, performing arts, music, creative writing, media, or culinary art.

Artistic

Work involves helping, teaching, advising, assisting, or providing service to others. Social occupations are often associated with social, health care, personal service, teaching/education, or religious activities.

Social

Work involves managing, negotiating, marketing, or selling, typically in a business setting, or leading or advising people in political and legal situations. Enterprising occupations are often associated with business initiatives, sales, marketing/advertising, finance, management/administration, professional advising, public speaking, politics, or law.

Enterprising

Work involves studying and researching non-living objects, living organisms, disease or other forms of impairment, or human behavior. Investigative occupations are often associated with physical, life, medical, or social sciences, and can be found in the fields of humanities, mathematics/statistics, information technology, or health care service.

Investigative

Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed

Painters and Paperhangers

Construction and Extraction Occupations

Construction Trades Workers

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.

Cover interior walls and ceilings of rooms with decorative wallpaper or fabric, using hand tools.

Apply adhesives to the backs of paper strips, using brushes, or dunk strips of prepasted wallcovering in water, wiping off any excess adhesive.

Measure and cut strips from rolls of wallpaper or fabric, using shears or razors.

Place strips or sections of paper on surfaces, aligning section edges and patterns.

Fill holes, cracks, and other surface imperfections preparatory to covering surfaces.

Paperhangers

Overview

Career

What Paperhangers Do

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Paperhangers

Overview

Career

What Paperhangers Do

Other Job Titles Paperhangers May Have

Tasks & Responsibilities May Include

Education

Level of Education Attained by Paperhangers

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