Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BIBB)

Designation of occupation

Stuccoist (m/f)

Recognized by ordinance of June 2., 1999 (BGBl. I p. 1102)

Duration of traineeship

3 years

The venues for training are company and vocational school (Berufsschule)

Field of activity

Stuccoists work both on new constructions and on refurbishment, modernization and rehabilitation projects at various job sites, for example on housing developments, public-sector construction projects, and industrial building sites. They carry out stucco and plastering work and build construction elements using dry construction techniques.

Occupational skills

Stuccoists carry out their work on the basis of technical documents and job orders, both independently and in cooperation with others. They plan and coordinate their work, consult and coordinate with others working on the site, set up construction sites and take the measures required for smooth-running operations, for health and safety at work and to protect the environment at the job site. They check their work to ensure error-free execution, document their work, carry out quality assurance measures, calculate job performance data and hand the vacated job site on.

When carrying out the following activities, stuccoists use plant and machinery, they erect and dismantle scaffolding for work, protection and support purposes and measure constructions and elements thereof for proper fit.

Stuccoists 

• section areas taking account of design considerations,
• prepare base surfaces,
• clad wall surfaces with dry plaster linings,
• prepare plasters for different applications and carry out plastering on wire lathing,
• design plastered surfaces,
• build composite thermal protection systems,
• prepare screeds and fit prefabricated screeds,
• create stucco moulding sections at the workbench and at the job site, relocate them and plaster them into position,
• build stucco moulding sections ready for application and carry out work using stuccolustro techniques,
• erect walls made of plasterboard sections,
• build prefabricated walls, casings, coverings and counter ceilings using dry construction techniques, and assemble and fit prefabricated construction elements,
• apply materials to insulate against heat, cold, noise and fire,
• identify damage in connection with rehabilitation and refurbishment projects, determine the cause of the damage and carry out the corresponding rehabilitation and refurbishment measures. 

Fußnoten

*)Stage 2 of a graduated training in the construction industry;
Stage 1: construction finishing worker (m/f)

Last modified on: December 12, 2006