drywall installer

Education

• College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months to less than 1 year

Tasks

• 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
• Mould and install ornamental plaster panels, cornices and trim
• Position and secure sheets to metal or wooden studs or joists
• Smooth out excess compound and allow coat to dry
• Tape over joints using taping machine and embed tape in compound
• Attach metal or gypsum lath to studs or furring
• Install acoustic tile, hangers for suspended ceilings and metal studs for composition wallboard or lath
• Install exterior and interior steel studs
• Estimate costs and materials
• Operate CADD and other computer software systems
• Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
• Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms

Experience

• 1 to less than 7 months

Support for persons with disabilities

• Provides physical accessibility accommodations (for example : ramps, elevators, etc.)

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and / or refugees

Support for youths

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment

Support for Veterans

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Veterans

Support for Indigenous people

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people

Support for mature workers

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports mature workers

Supports for visible minorities

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports members of visible minorities