What You'll Do

  • Clean work areas and equipment.
  • Perform support duties to assist painters, paperhangers, plasterers, or masons.
  • Apply protective coverings, such as masking tape, to articles or areas that could be damaged or stained by work processes.
  • Erect scaffolding.
  • Fill cracks or breaks in surfaces of plaster articles or areas with putty or epoxy compounds.
  • Supply or hold tools and materials.
  • Smooth surfaces of articles to be painted, using sanding and buffing tools and equipment.
  • Mix plaster, and carry plaster to plasterers.
  • Place articles to be stripped into stripping tanks.
  • Remove articles such as cabinets, metal furniture, and paint containers from stripping tanks after prescribed periods of time.

Essential Skills

Speaking 3.0/5
Coordination 3.0/5
Active Listening 2.88/5
Critical Thinking 2.75/5
Monitoring 2.75/5
Time Management 2.75/5
Social Perceptiveness 2.62/5
Operations Monitoring 2.62/5
Quality Control Analysis 2.62/5
Service Orientation 2.5/5
Equipment Maintenance 2.5/5
Troubleshooting 2.5/5

Career Fit Overview

Use this summary to understand the kind of profile this role rewards. It helps you judge whether this career looks like a stronger match than your current role, a nearby move worth exploring, or a broader path to compare more seriously.

Top passions

  • Maker: Building and fixing energizes you. You like tangible results and practical tools.
  • Organizer: Bringing order to data and processes satisfies you.
  • Helper: Supporting people and making a difference matters to you.

Common styles

Dependability, Cooperation, Attention to Detail, Cautiousness, Humility

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Arm-Hand Steadiness 3.38/5
Manual Dexterity 3.38/5
Static Strength 3.38/5
Trunk Strength 3.38/5
Extent Flexibility 3.38/5
Gross Body Equilibrium 3.38/5
Multilimb Coordination 3.13/5
Gross Body Coordination 3.13/5

Technologies & Tools

A-Systems JobView Apple iWork Construction Software Center EasyEst Cost estimating software Evergreen Technology Eagle Bid Estimating Microsoft Excel Microsoft Office software On Center Quick Bid Sage Construction Anywhere Turtle Creek Software Goldenseal Word processing software

Work Environment & Strengths

Common Strengths for This Career

  • Dependability (High importance: 4.32/5)
  • Cooperation (High importance: 4.05/5)
  • Attention to Detail (High importance: 3.92/5)
  • Cautiousness (High importance: 3.82/5)
  • Humility (High importance: 3.58/5)

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How to Become One

Little or no previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for this career. Training is provided on the job.

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Also Known As

This career is known by many different job titles across industries. Here are all the variations:

Billboard Poster Helper Bridge Painter Helper Dry Plasterer Helper Exterior Work Helper Highway Painter Helper House Painter Helper Hydroblaster Mason's Tender Ornamental Plasterer Helper Painter Assistant Painter Helper Paperhanger Assistant Plaster Helper Plaster Tender Plasterer Tender Power Washer Pressure Washer Scaffolding Helper Ship Painter Helper Shipyard Helper Shipyard Painter Helper Swimming Pool Plasterer Helper Wallpaper Hanger Helper Wallpaperer Helper

Career Fit FAQs

Is this career a good fit for me

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Can this help if I want to stay in my field

Yes. Many people use career pages like this to compare nearby roles in the same field and see whether they need a full switch or a better-fit version of the work they already know.

What should I compare first

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