Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall
Line and cover structures with insulating materials. May work with batt, roll, or blown insulation materials.
- Tasks
- 10 tasks10 core
- Family
- Construction & ExtractionOne of its 65 occupations
- Code
- 47-2131.00SOC 2018: 47-2131
What the work is made of
All 10 are core tasks, each quoted as published, with the survey it came from.
Core: central to the job
- Task 1. Measure and cut insulation for covering surfaces, using tape measures, handsaws, power saws, knives, or scissors.Core taskTask 13545Rated by 64 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 2. Fit, wrap, staple, or glue insulating materials to structures or surfaces, using hand tools or wires.Core taskTask 13547Rated by 65 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 3. Cover and line structures with blown or rolled forms of materials to insulate against cold, heat, or moisture, using saws, knives, rasps, trowels, blowers, or other tools and implements.Core taskTask 13546Rated by 65 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 4. Distribute insulating materials evenly into small spaces within floors, ceilings, or walls, using blowers and hose attachments, or cement mortars.Core taskTask 13549Rated by 64 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 5. Move controls, buttons, or levers to start blowers and regulate flow of materials through nozzles.Core taskTask 13551Rated by 64 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 6. Fill blower hoppers with insulating materials.Core taskTask 13550Rated by 64 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 7. Cover, seal, or finish insulated surfaces or access holes with plastic covers, canvas strips, sealants, tape, cement or asphalt mastic.Core taskTask 13548Rated by 65 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 8. Read blueprints, and select appropriate insulation, based on space characteristics and the heat retaining or excluding characteristics of the material.Core taskTask 13544Rated by 65 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 9. Remove old insulation, such as asbestos, following safety procedures.Core taskTask 13553Rated by 65 people who do the job, July 2015
- Task 10. Prepare surfaces for insulation application by brushing or spreading on adhesives, cement, or asphalt, or by attaching metal pins to surfaces.Core taskTask 13552Rated by 63 people who do the job, July 2015
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- ClassificationStandard Occupational Classification 2018, 47-2131
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