A Day in the Life: Plasterer

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Instructions

Read through a Day in the Life of your new job. Use the word bank to drag and drop the missing words into the correct spot to complete the worksheet.

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It’s 5:00 am and time to get up. You like to get to work by 6:00 am so that you can work before it gets too hot! The job you are on now is not an easy one (nor is the homeowner), but it is in a neighborhood that could supply you with work for quite some time if you satisfy your client. Unfortunately, you are charged with the task of cleaning up someone else’s mistakes. The people who installed the windows for this 1. ______________________  job were not at all familiar with the complexities of stucco and left you the mess! Today you will be breaking away the existing 2. ______________________  and preparing the surface for a new layer. Using an air chisel, you break the stucco away and ensure that the building paper is meshed properly with the window flashing paper. If it’s not, the water will not drain and could cause mold and other damage. You work on one window at a time and by noon have reached the French doors. Meeting with the construction manager at lunch, you discuss the choices of 3. ______________________  available for this home. Often you recommend a blend of Portland cement, sand, and lime. You agree to create several test panels of different tints for the homeowners to choose the color they want. This will take a while because the color often changes as it cures. Back on site, you return to the window project, applying 4. ______________________  to all the cracks in the building paper. Some gaps are too big, and you need to re-flash them. Thank goodness your next job is new construction, not a remodel! You check the supplies that were delivered by the home center and find that the wire mesh they sent is wrong; you ordered a much finer mesh to hold the basecoat. You pack it up and head out to exchange it. You work for a while longer, completing the siliconing and replacing the building paper where needed. Then you pack up your tools, move the air compressor into the garage, and drive home where you can do some inside work during the hottest time of the day. You begin to build the test panels in your shop. After building the frame, you attach the wire lath on which you will apply the scratch coat. Two more coats, brown and tinted, will need to be applied and then 5. ______________________  before this panel is finished. The homeowner has some projects for which he would like you to provide an 6. ______________________ . You agree to look over the blueprints and specs this evening and get back to him by the end of the week.