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Plasterers and Stucco Masons

Apply interior or exterior plaster, cement, stucco, or similar materials. May also set ornamental plaster.

What you’d do

  • Cover surfaces such as windows, doors, or sidewalks to protect from splashing.
  • Apply coats of plaster or stucco to walls, ceilings, or partitions of buildings, using trowels, brushes, or spray guns.
  • Clean and prepare surfaces for applications of plaster, cement, stucco, or similar materials, such as by drywall taping.
  • Create decorative textures in finish coat, using brushes or trowels, sand, pebbles, or stones.
  • Mix mortar and plaster to desired consistency or direct workers who perform mixing.
  • Clean job sites.

Skills that matter

  • Active Listening
  • Quality Control Analysis
  • Time Management
  • Coordination
  • Monitoring
  • Operations Monitoring

How to get there

Little to some preparation: usually a high school diploma or GED, though some jobs do not need one

Also called

  • Applicator
  • Plaster Mechanic
  • Plasterer
  • Plasterer Journeyman
  • Ornamental Plasterer
  • Plaster Applicator

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