• Tapers
  • Architecture and Construction
  • Annual Median Wage
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    Growth Rate
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  • Tapers prepare the wallboard for painting, using tape and other materials. Many workers both install and tape wallboard.

What do they typically do

  • Spread and smooth cementing material over tape, using trowels or floating machines to blend joints with wall surfaces
  • Press paper tape over joints to embed tape into sealing compound and to seal joints and apply additional coats to fill in holes and make surfaces smooth
  • Sand or patch nicks or cracks in plasterboard or wallboard
  • Mix sealing compounds by hand or with portable electric mixers
  • Work on high ceilings, using scaffolding or other tools, such as stilts
  • Select the correct sealing compound or tape
  • Countersink nails or screws below surfaces of walls before applying sealing compounds, using hammers or screwdrivers
  • Install metal molding at wall corners to secure wallboard
  • Sand rough spots of dried cement between applications of compounds

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Job Growth +0.6%
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