What does a Plasterers and Stucco Mason do?

Apply interior or exterior plaster, cement, stucco, or similar materials. Day to day that includes work like cover surfaces such as windows, doors, or sidewalks to protect from splashing and Clean job sites.

What skills should a Plasterers and Stucco Mason put on a resume?

O*NET rates Active Listening, Quality Control Analysis, and Time Management among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.

What software should a Plasterers and Stucco Mason list?

Software recorded for this occupation includes A-Systems JobView, Accounting software, Autodesk 3ds Max Design, Autodesk Maya, and Construction Software Center EasyEst. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.

What other job titles cover Plasterers and Stucco Mason work?

O*NET records 24 titles for this occupation, including Plaster Applicator, Plaster Mechanic, Plasterer, and Plasterer Journeyman. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

What qualifications does a Plasterers and Stucco Mason need?

In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 68% reported their level of education as "Less than a High School Diploma". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

Will this resume pass an ATS for a Plasterers and Stucco Mason role?

No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

Plasterers and Stucco Mason resume example

A resume for a Plasterers and Stucco Mason needs to show the work itself: apply interior or exterior plaster, cement, stucco, or similar materials. Day to day that means work like this: cover surfaces such as windows, doors, or sidewalks to protect from splashing; clean job sites. Recruiters and applicant tracking systems both read for the tasks and tools this role actually involves, so the strongest resume names them in your own experience rather than describing the job in the abstract. Below are the tasks O*NET records for this occupation, the software and tools it uses, the titles it is advertised under, and the skills worth naming if they are genuinely yours.

Also advertised as

The same job is posted under many titles. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

Plaster Applicator
Plaster Mechanic
Plasterer
Plasterer Journeyman
Applicator
Artisan Plasterer
Plaster and Stucco Worker
Plastering Contractor
Artisan
Decorative Plasterer
Dry Plasterer
Hard Surface Plasterer
Mason
Mason Plasterer
Modeler
Molding Plasterer
Ornamental Plasterer
Plaster Molder

O*NET records 24 titles for this occupation in total.

What this work actually involves

Tasks recorded for this occupation, in O*NET's words. If your experience covers one of these, it belongs on your resume in your own words.

Cover surfaces such as windows, doors, or sidewalks to protect from splashing.
Clean job sites.
Mix mortar and plaster to desired consistency or direct workers who perform mixing.
Apply coats of plaster or stucco to walls, ceilings, or partitions of buildings, using trowels, brushes, or spray guns.
Set up scaffolds.
Determine materials needed to complete the job and place orders accordingly.
Apply weatherproof, decorative coverings to exterior surfaces of buildings, such as by troweling or spraying on coats of stucco.
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.
Apply insulation to building exteriors by installing prefabricated insulation systems over existing walls or by covering the outer wall with insulation board, reinforcing mesh, and a base coat.
Rough the undercoat surface with a scratcher so the finish coat will adhere.
Cure freshly plastered surfaces.

15 tasks are recorded in total; these are the most central.

Example bullets for this role

Built from this occupation's own tasks. The brackets stay empty on purpose: we will not invent a number for you, and a fabricated metric is the fastest way to lose an interview you had already won.

Cover surfaces such as windows, doors, or sidewalks to protect from splashing, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
Clean job sites, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
Mix mortar and plaster to desired consistency or direct workers who perform mixing, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
Apply coats of plaster or stucco to walls, ceilings, or partitions of buildings, using trowels, brushes, or spray guns, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].

Software used in this role

Recorded for this occupation by O*NET. An applicant tracking system matches the exact product name, so write the tool the way the posting writes it.

A-Systems JobView
Accounting software
Autodesk 3ds Max Design
Autodesk Maya
Construction Software Center EasyEst
Corel Paint Shop Pro
Corel Painter
Cost estimating software
Dassault Systemes CATIA
Embedded systems development software
IBM Maximo Asset Management
Linux
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office software

20 software entries are recorded in total.

Tools and equipment

The physical equipment this occupation is recorded as using. Worth naming when a posting asks for it by name.

Chalk lines
Claw hammers
Corner tools
Darbies
Featheredgers
Floats
Hand saws
Hand trowels
Heat guns
Inside step tools
Joint knives
Keyhole saws

What this job rates as most important

O*NET rates every skill for importance to this occupation. These are the highest rated, in order.

01Active Listening
02Quality Control Analysis
03Time Management

Knowledge areas

The subject knowledge this occupation draws on, rated by importance.

Building and Construction
Administration and Management
Design
English Language
Customer and Personal Service

What qualifications people in this job have

From O*NET's survey of people doing this work. This is what postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

68%Less than a High School Diploma
28%High School Diploma, or the equivalent
3%Post-Secondary Certificate, awarded for training completed after high school

What level this role is pitched at

O*NET places this occupation in “Little or No Preparation Needed”. Some of these occupations may require a high school diploma or GED certificate.

Little or no previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, a person can become a waiter or waitress even if he/she has never worked before.

Common questions

What does a Plasterers and Stucco Mason do?: Apply interior or exterior plaster, cement, stucco, or similar materials. Day to day that includes work like cover surfaces such as windows, doors, or sidewalks to protect from splashing and Clean job sites.
What skills should a Plasterers and Stucco Mason put on a resume?: O*NET rates Active Listening, Quality Control Analysis, and Time Management among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.
What software should a Plasterers and Stucco Mason list?: Software recorded for this occupation includes A-Systems JobView, Accounting software, Autodesk 3ds Max Design, Autodesk Maya, and Construction Software Center EasyEst. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.
What other job titles cover Plasterers and Stucco Mason work?: O*NET records 24 titles for this occupation, including Plaster Applicator, Plaster Mechanic, Plasterer, and Plasterer Journeyman. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.
What qualifications does a Plasterers and Stucco Mason need?: In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 68% reported their level of education as "Less than a High School Diploma". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.
Will this resume pass an ATS for a Plasterers and Stucco Mason role?: No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

Related roles

Occupations O*NET records as closest to this one, and worth looking at if this search is not moving.

What this page cannot tell you

No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer’s ATS is configured, including ours.
This page makes no claim about pay, demand or how many people hold this job. O*NET does not publish that here and we will not estimate it.
Keyword overlap is one input to a resume’s score, not a verdict on you. A resume that names skills you do not have is worse than one that names fewer.

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