Stucco Plasterer

Work site environment

• At heights
• Dusty
• Noisy
• Outdoors

Work setting

• Commercial
• Residential
• Various locations

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Instruct apprentices
• Supervise other workers
• Apply, level and smooth coats of plaster
• Clean and prepare surfaces
• Finish corners and angles and create decorative designs in finish coat, if required
• Mould and install ornamental plaster panels, cornices and trim
• Trowel or spray coats of stucco over exteriors of buildings to form weatherproof surfaces
• Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
• Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Fall Arrest Protection Training Course

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Own vehicle

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Standing for extended periods

Own tools/equipment

• Hard hat
• Safety glasses/goggles
• Steel-toed safety boots
• Tools