drywall installer
- Work Term : Permanent
- Work Language : English
- Hours : 40 hours per week
- Education : No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience : 7 months to less than 1 year
Work site environment
Dusty
Work setting
- Commercial
- Residential
Tasks
- Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements
- 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
- 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
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Manual dexterity
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
Weight handling
Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Own tools / equipment
Steel-toed safety boots
Personal suitability
- Dependability
- Reliability
Screening questions
Are you available for the advertised start date?
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