Plasterer

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Plasterer

A plasterer at work
Occupation
Occupation type	Vocational
Activity sectors	Construction
Description
Competencies	Heights, patience, steady hand, ability to read plans, physically strong
Education required	Apprenticeship
Fields of employment	Construction
Related jobs	Carpenter, electrician, house painter and decorator, plumber

A plasterer is a tradesman or tradesperson who works with plaster, such as forming a layer of plaster on an interior wall or plaster decorative moldings on ceilings or walls. The process of creating plasterwork, called plastering, has been used in building construction for centuries. A plasterer is someone who does a full 4 or 2 years apprenticeship to be fully qualified. ^[1]