Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall

What Does a Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall Do?

Line and cover structures with insulating materials. May work with batt, roll, or blown insulation materials.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Measure and cut insulation for covering surfaces, using tape measures, handsaws, power saws, knives, or scissors.
• 2Fit, wrap, staple, or glue insulating materials to structures or surfaces, using hand tools or wires.
• 3Cover 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.
• 4Distribute insulating materials evenly into small spaces within floors, ceilings, or walls, using blowers and hose attachments, or cement mortars.
• 5Move controls, buttons, or levers to start blowers and regulate flow of materials through nozzles.
• 6Fill blower hoppers with insulating materials.
• 7Cover, seal, or finish insulated surfaces or access holes with plastic covers, canvas strips, sealants, tape, cement or asphalt mastic.
• 8Read blueprints, and select appropriate insulation, based on space characteristics and the heat retaining or excluding characteristics of the material.

Required Skills

• CMSN FieldPAK
• Comput-Ability Mechanical Insulation Key Estimator
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office software
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Windows
• North American Insulation Manufacturers Association NAIMA 3E Plus
• Turtle Creek Software Goldenseal

Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall Salary