drywall installer and finisher

• Education : No degree, certificate or diploma
• Experience : 1 to less than 7 months

Work site environment

• At heights
• Cold / refrigerated
• Dangerous
• Dusty
• Noisy
• Outdoors

Work setting

• Commercial
• Residential
• Various locations
• Relocation costs covered by employer

Tasks

• Cut and install metal corner beads to protect exterior corners
• Fabricate and install suspended metal ceiling grids and place in panels to form acoustical and coffered ceilings
• Fill joints, nail indentations, holes and cracks with joint compound using trowel and broad knife
• Finish corners and angles and create decorative designs in finish coat, if required
• Measure, cut, fit and install drywall sheets
• Mix plaster ingredients to desired consistency
• Position and secure sheets to metal or wooden studs or joists
• Smooth out excess compound and allow coat to dry
• Trowel or spray coats of stucco over exteriors of buildings to form weatherproof surfaces
• Attach metal or gypsum lath to studs or furring
• Cut openings in lath for heating and ventilation piping, ducts and electrical outlets
• Install acoustic tile, hangers for suspended ceilings and metal studs for composition wallboard or lath
• Install corner beads and wire mesh around beams to which plaster is to be applied
• Install exterior and interior steel studs
• Install metal stud framing and furring for interior drywall or plaster walls and ceilings, using hand and power tools
• Install vapour barriers and thermal and sound insulation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Physically demanding
• Sound discrimination
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Work under pressure

Weight handling

Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools / equipment

• Hard hat
• Steel-toed safety boots
• Work Term : Permanent
• Work Language : English
• Hours : 30 hours per week
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