Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a paperhanger can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a paperhanger already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Paperhangers are specialised in hanging up wallpaper. They apply adhesives to the paper, or to the wall in the case of reinforced wallpaper, and fix the paper straight, well aligned, and avoiding the inclusion of air bubbles.

Also known as wallpaper decorator, wall paperer, wallpaper hanger, paper hanger, decorator paper hanger.

Craft and related trades workers 35 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: ceiling installer, 69%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
ceiling installer 69% covered paperhanger supervisor 62% covered construction painter 61% covered plasterer 48% covered construction painting supervi… 46% covered paperhanger You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from paperhanger, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a paperhanger already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A paperhanger needs 13 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • apply wallpaper paste constructing
  • cut wallpaper to size handling and moving
  • hang wallpaper constructing
  • mix wallpaper paste handling and moving
  • remove wallpaper constructing
  • prepare wall for wallpaper constructing
  • snap chalk line handling and moving
  • protect surfaces during construction work constructing
  • transport construction supplies handling and moving
  • inspect construction supplies information skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a paperhanger does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Paperhanger is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a paperhanger’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.