drywall installer

• Education : Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience : 3 years to less than 5 years

Work site environment

• Dusty
• Noisy
• Outdoors

Work setting

• Commercial
• Institutional
• Willing to relocate

Tasks

• Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements
• Prepare tenders and quotations
• Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints
• Apply, level and smooth coats of plaster
• Clean and prepare surfaces
• Cure freshly plastered surfaces
• 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
• Mould and install ornamental plaster panels, cornices and trim
• Tape over joints using taping machine and embed tape in compound
• 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
• Prepare wall and ceiling layouts
• Estimate costs and materials
• Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms

Supervision

3-4 people

Weight handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
• Work Term : Permanent
• Work Language : English
• Hours : 40 to 44 hours per week
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