Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons
Help painters, paperhangers, plasterers, or stucco masons by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.
Most important skills
- Speaking
- Coordination
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Time Management
- Social Perceptiveness
- Operations Monitoring
Key knowledge
- Building and Construction
- English Language
- Administration and Management
- Public Safety and Security
- Mathematics
- Customer and Personal Service
- Design
- Education and Training
What the work involves
- 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.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Realistic, Conventional, Social.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- Less than a High School Diploma (68.2% of respondents)
- Related experience
- None (29.7%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (21.6%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 2: Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | Moderate | Higher on contact with others than 54% of occupations compared | 73% of surveyed respondents chose “Constant contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | Very low | Lower on dealing with the public than 81% of occupations compared | 29% of surveyed respondents chose “Fairly important” |
| Teamwork | High | Higher on teamwork than 72% of occupations compared | 74% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | Very low | Lower on freedom to make decisions than 92% of occupations compared | 45% of surveyed respondents chose “Some freedom” |
| Time pressure | Low | Lower on time pressure than 68% of occupations compared | 34% of surveyed respondents chose “Every day” |
| Conflict situations | Very low | Lower on conflict situations than 83% of occupations compared | 32% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | Very low | Lower on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 86% of occupations compared | 49% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Consequence of error | Low | Lower on consequence of error than 66% of occupations compared | 35% of surveyed respondents chose “Fairly serious” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: low
- Conflict situations: very low
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: very low
- Consequence of error: low
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 6.19%
- Occasional contact with others: 6%
- Contact with others about half the time: 0%
- Contact with others most of the time: 14.34%
- Constant contact with others: 73.47%
n = 29, Incumbent 06/2007
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 26.68%
- Fairly important: 29.05%
- Important: 19.01%
- Very important: 18.43%
- Extremely important: 6.82%
n = 29, Incumbent 06/2007
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 0%
- Fairly important: 4.68%
- Important: 13.78%
- Very important: 7.35%
- Extremely important: 74.19%
n = 29, Incumbent 06/2007
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 2.6%
- Very little freedom: 20.02%
- Limited freedom: 24.33%
- Some freedom: 44.79%
- A lot of freedom: 8.27%
n = 29, Incumbent 06/2007
Time pressure
- Never: 9.3%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 9.8%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 22.49%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 24.15%
- Every day: 34.27%
n = 27, Incumbent 06/2007
Conflict situations
- Never: 29.46%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 32.04%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 15.65%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 22.85%
- Every day: 0%
n = 29, Incumbent 06/2007
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 21.44%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 49.14%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 21.11%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 5.78%
- Every day: 2.55%
n = 29, Incumbent 06/2007
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 17.61%
- Fairly serious: 34.8%
- Serious: 21.98%
- Very serious: 15.94%
- Extremely serious: 9.66%
n = 27, Incumbent 06/2007
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