pasterer

Tasks you may carry out:

• Study plans, examine and measure the surfaces for plastering, marking, and estimating plasterboard and plaster mix materials required
• Select and prepare the appropriate plastering materials for different projects and ensure selected materials is available on site
• Protect non-plastering surfaces with appropriate materials and prime surfaces for plastering
• Cut, position, and fix various types of plasterboard, ceiling systems, tiles and composite wall linings to walls, ceilings and battens, buildings, ensuring straight corners, angles, wall and ceiling surfaces
• Apply coats of plaster to walls, ceilings, or partitions of buildings, using trowels, brushes and other hand/power tools 
• Apply and finish acoustic, insulating, and fireproofing materials bonded with plaster, plastic cement, and similar materials
• Create decorative textures in finishing coats when specified
• Ensure that the corners/angles (internal or external) are plumb and straight by using levelling and straightening tools, levelling wall and ceiling surfaces
• Produce finished surfaces, according to blueprints, architect's drawings, or oral instructions