According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Clean work areas and equipment. | 81% |
| Perform support duties to assist painters, paperhangers, plasterers, or masons. | 79% |
| Apply protective coverings, such as masking tape, to articles or areas that could be damaged or stained by work processes. | 77% |
| Smooth surfaces of articles to be painted, using sanding and buffing tools and equipment. | 76% |
| Mix plaster, and carry plaster to plasterers. | 74% |
| Erect scaffolding. | 74% |
| Fill cracks or breaks in surfaces of plaster articles or areas with putty or epoxy compounds. | 73% |
| Supply or hold tools and materials. | 69% |
| Place articles to be stripped into stripping tanks. | 60% |
| Remove articles such as cabinets, metal furniture, and paint containers from stripping tanks after prescribed periods of time. | 57% |
| Pour specified amounts of chemical solutions into stripping tanks. | 52% |
