Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
Tasks Include:
- Measure and mark surfaces to lay out work, according to blueprints or drawings, using tape measures, straightedges or squares, and marking devices.
- Read blueprints or other specifications to determine methods of installation, work procedures, or material or tool requirements.
- Fit and fasten wallboard or drywall into position on wood or metal frameworks, using glue, nails, or screws.
- Hang dry lines to wall moldings to guide positioning of main runners.
- Measure and cut openings in panels or tiles for electrical outlets, windows, vents, plumbing, or other fixtures, using keyhole saws or other cutting tools.
- Hang drywall panels on metal frameworks of walls and ceilings in offices, schools, or other large buildings, using lifts or hoists to adjust panel heights, when necessary.
- Assemble or install metal framing or decorative trim for windows, doorways, or vents.
- Coordinate work with drywall finishers who cover the seams between drywall panels.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +11.4%
National: +3.7%
Education
Less than a High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$50,440.00
State
$47,080.00
Regional
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
Description
Career Cluster: | Architecture & Construction |
Apply plasterboard or other wallboard to ceilings or interior walls of buildings. Apply or mount acoustical tiles or blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing materials to ceilings and walls of buildings to reduce or reflect sound. Materials may be of decorative quality. Includes lathers who fasten wooden, metal, or rockboard lath to walls, ceilings, or partitions of buildings to provide support base for plaster, fireproofing, or acoustical material.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Education
Required Level of Education
- Less than a High School Diploma = 41.87%
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 24.36%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 19.30%
- Some College Courses = 9.65%
- Bachelor's Degree = 4.82%
Related Work Experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 42.09%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 15.94%
- None = 12.46%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 11.48%
- Over 8 years, up to and including 10 years = 5.74%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 5.10%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 3.60%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 3.60%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 32.13%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 16.58%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 13.40%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 11.48%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 10.20%
- None = 9.02%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 7.20%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 35.33%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 11.48%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 10.20%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 10.20%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 8.38%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 7.20%
- None or short demonstration = 5.74%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 5.74%
- Over 10 years = 5.74%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Measure and mark surfaces to lay out work, according to blueprints or drawings, using tape measures, straightedges or squares, and marking devices.
- Read blueprints or other specifications to determine methods of installation, work procedures, or material or tool requirements.
- Fit and fasten wallboard or drywall into position on wood or metal frameworks, using glue, nails, or screws.
- Hang dry lines to wall moldings to guide positioning of main runners.
- Measure and cut openings in panels or tiles for electrical outlets, windows, vents, plumbing, or other fixtures, using keyhole saws or other cutting tools.
- Hang drywall panels on metal frameworks of walls and ceilings in offices, schools, or other large buildings, using lifts or hoists to adjust panel heights, when necessary.
- Assemble or install metal framing or decorative trim for windows, doorways, or vents.
- Coordinate work with drywall finishers who cover the seams between drywall panels.
- Trim rough edges from wallboard to maintain even joints, using knives.
- Cut and screw together metal channels to make floor or ceiling frames, according to plans for the location of rooms or hallways.
- Inspect furrings, mechanical mountings, or masonry surfaces for plumbness and level, using spirit or water levels.
- Cut fixture or border tiles to size, using keyhole saws, and insert them into surrounding frameworks.
- Cut metal or wood framing and trim to size, using cutting tools.
- Install horizontal and vertical metal or wooden studs to frames so that wallboard can be attached to interior walls.
- Scribe and cut edges of tile to fit walls where wall molding is not specified.
- Fasten metal or rockboard lath to the structural framework of walls, ceilings, or partitions of buildings, using nails, screws, staples, or wire-ties.
- Suspend angle iron grids or channel irons from ceilings, using wire.
- Seal joints between ceiling tiles and walls.
- Mount tile, using adhesives, or by nailing, screwing, stapling, or wire-tying lath directly to structural frameworks.
- Install blanket insulation between studs and tack plastic moisture barriers over insulation.
- Apply or mount acoustical tile or blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing materials to ceilings or walls of buildings to reduce reflection of sound or to decorate rooms.
- Remove existing plaster, drywall, or paneling, using crowbars and hammers.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Install metal lath where plaster applications will be exposed to weather or water, or for curved or irregular surfaces.
- Apply cement to backs of tiles and press tiles into place, aligning them with layout marks or joints of previously laid tile.
- Nail channels or wood furring strips to surfaces to provide mounting for tile.
- Wash concrete surfaces before mounting tile to increase adhesive qualities of surfaces, using washing soda and zinc sulfate solution.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Glue guns (Adhesive guns)
- Air compressors
- Levels (Box beam levels)
- Trowels (Bullnose trowels)
- Caulking guns
- Chalk lines
- Power saws (Chop saws)
- Hole saws (Circle cutters)
- Putty knives (Corner knives)
- Hammers (Crowhead hammers)
- Hammers (Drywall hammers)
- Hatchets (Drywall hatchets)
- Jacks (Drywall jacks)
- Lifts (Drywall lifts)
- Plaster or mortar mixers (Drywall mud mixers)
- Saws (Drywall ripping tools)
- Power routers (Drywall routers)
- Saws (Drywall saws)
- Scribers (Drywall scoring tools)
- Power screwguns (Drywall screw guns)
- Screwdrivers (Drywall screwdrivers)
- T squares (Drywall T-squares)
- Trowels (Drywall trowels)
- Utility knives (Edge cutters)
- Plaster or mortar mixers (Fan blade mixers)
- Putty knives (Feather edge drywall darbies)
- Saws (Hacksaws)
- Power sanders (Hand sanders)
- Staple guns (Heavy duty staple guns)
- Trowels (Inside corner trowels)
- Putty knives (Joint knives)
- Saws (Keyhole saws)
- Ladders
- Laser printers
- Lifts (Mini lifters)
- Notebook computers
- Trowels (Outside corner trowels)
- Personal computers
- Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers (Personal digital assistants PDA)
- Hand sprayers (Pistol hopper guns)
- Power sanders (Pole sanders)
- Power drills
- Rasps
- Respirators
- Lifts (Roll lifters)
- Power sanders (Rotary sanders)
- Power saws (Saber saws)
- Safety harnesses or belts (Safety harnesses)
- Scaffolding
- Staple guns
- Ladders (Stilts)
- Tablet computers
- Tape measures
- Putty knives (Taping knives)
- Paint brushes (Texture brushes)
- Hand sprayers (Texture guns)
- Hand sprayers (Texture sprayers)
- Tinners snips (Tin snips)
- Levels (Torpedo levels)
- Utility knives (Trimming knives)
- Utility knives
- Spatulas (Wall scrapers)
- Saws (Wallboard saws)
- T squares (Wallboard T-squares)
- Putty knives (Wipe-down knives)
Technologies Include:
- Accounting software
- Job costing software
- Data base user interface and query software
- Business management software
- Office suite software
- Microsoft Office software
- Optical character reader OCR or scanning software
- Logic Group Scanner Digitizing Software
- Project management software
- Construction Software Center EasyEst
- DevWave Estimate Works
- On Center Quick Bid
- Turtle Creek Software Goldenseal Architect
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
- Wilhelm Publishing Threshold
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
86.75 | Building and Construction | Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads. |
62.50 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
56.25 | Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
54.50 | Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. |
52.25 | Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
50.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
65.50 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
65.50 | Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
65.50 | Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing. |
65.50 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
65.50 | Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
62.50 | Gross Body Equilibrium | The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position. |
56.25 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
56.25 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
56.25 | Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
56.25 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
53.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
53.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
53.00 | Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. |
53.00 | Stamina | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. |
53.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
53.00 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
50.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
50.00 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
50.00 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
50.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
50.00 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
67.75 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
66.75 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
65.25 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
58.00 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
55.75 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
53.25 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
52.25 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
52.00 | Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment | Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used. |
50.00 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
77.50 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
74.25 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
72.75 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
72.00 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
68.50 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
67.25 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
66.25 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
64.75 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
63.75 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
63.25 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
62.25 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
62.00 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
59.75 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
58.75 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
56.75 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
52.00 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
55.50 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
50.00 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
97.20 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
94.80 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
90.60 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
88.60 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
82.00 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
81.60 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
81.40 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
81.40 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
80.20 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
79.40 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
79.00 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
78.00 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
74.60 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
73.80 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
73.80 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
73.40 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
72.40 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
69.40 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
69.40 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
69.00 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
68.40 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
67.40 | Spend Time Climbing Ladders, Scaffolds, or Poles | How much does this job require climbing ladders, scaffolds, or poles? |
67.20 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
66.60 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
65.60 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
63.40 | Exposed to High Places | How often does this job require exposure to high places? |
63.00 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
62.60 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
62.00 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
61.80 | Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions | How often does this job require working in cramped work spaces that requires getting into awkward positions? |
61.60 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
60.20 | Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling | How much does this job require kneeling, crouching, stooping or crawling? |
59.20 | Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting | How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions? |
59.00 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
57.40 | Outdoors, Under Cover | How often does this job require working outdoors, under cover (e.g., structure with roof but no walls)? |
56.00 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
55.80 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
54.00 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
53.00 | Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection | How much does this job require wearing specialized protective or safety equipment such as breathing apparatus, safety harness, full protection suits, or radiation protection? |
50.80 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
50.20 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, counter and rental clerks, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, tellers, and dental laboratory technicians.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $35,250.00 | $50,440.00 | $65,420.00 |
Virginia | $29,980.00 | $47,080.00 | $56,410.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | $44,057.83 | $60,416.15 | $67,284.72 |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $31,232.99 | $44,988.72 | $49,384.90 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $26,636.37 | $39,481.88 | $43,963.81 |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | $35,013.39 | $48,193.64 | $56,606.82 |
Hampton Roads | $34,884.24 | $48,102.72 | $54,919.64 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $33,172.26 | $48,202.94 | $51,611.40 |
Northern Virginia | $38,137.72 | $51,716.78 | $59,036.85 |
Piedmont Workforce | $31,266.05 | $45,079.64 | $50,972.89 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | $29,116.00 | $41,223.82 | $47,206.96 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 111,600 | 115,700 | +3.7% |
Virginia | 1,426 | 1,588 | +11.4% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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- Pile Driver Operators
- Pipelayers
- Plasterers and Stucco Masons
- Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
- Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers
- Riggers
- Rock Splitters, Quarry
- Roof Bolters, Mining
- Roofers
- Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas
- Roustabouts, Oil and Gas
- Segmental Pavers
- Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas
- Sheet Metal Workers
- Solar Energy Installation Managers
- Solar Photovoltaic Installers
- Stonemasons
- Structural Iron and Steel Workers
- Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
- Tapers
- Terrazzo Workers and Finishers
- Tile and Stone Setters
- Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other
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Proficiency Ratings
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important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
- Acoustical Carpenter
- Acoustical Ceiling Installer
- Acoustical Ceiling Mechanic
- Acoustical Ceiling Technician
- Carpenter
- Ceiling Installer
- Dry Wall Installer
- Drywall Applicator
- Drywall Boardhanger
- Drywall Finisher
- Drywall Hanger
- Drywall Installer
- Drywall Mechanic
- Drywall Metal Stud Worker
- Drywall Sander
- Drywall Stripper
- Drywall Taper
- Drywall Worker
- Drywaller
- Exterior Interior Specialist
- Framer
- Furrer
- Lath Hand
- Lather
- Lather Apprentice
- Metal Framer
- Metal Furrer
- Metal Lather
- Metal Stud Framer
- Plaster Lather
- Rock Lather
- Rockboard Lather
- Sheet Rock Applicator
- Sheet Rock Applier
- Sheet Rock Finisher
- Sheet Rock Hanger
- Sheet Rock Installer
- Sheet Rock Layer
- Sheet Rock Nailer
- Sheet Rock Sander
- Sheet Rock Worker
- Sheet Rocker
- Sheetrock Applicator
- Sheetrock Hanger
- Sheetrock Installer
- Wire Lather
- Wood Lather
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Related Schools
- American River College
- Centralia College
- Mesabi Range College
- Palomar College
- Renton Technical College
- Santiago Canyon College
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