drywall installer and finisher

Work Term: Permanent

Work Language: English

Hours: 30 to 40 hours per week

Education: No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience: Experience an asset

Work site environment

• Dusty
• Noisy

Work setting

• Commercial
• Residential

Tasks

• Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints
• 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
• 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
• 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 vapour barriers and thermal and sound insulation
• Prepare wall and ceiling layouts
• Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
• Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Handling heavy loads
• Manual dexterity
• Physically demanding
• Tight deadlines

Weight handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

• Hard hat
• Safety glasses/goggles
• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Dependability
• Reliability
• Team player

Other benefits

• Free parking available