drywall installer
Education:
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.
Work setting:
Various locations.
Tasks:
- Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints.
- Clean and prepare 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.
- Measure, cut, fit and install drywall sheets.
- Position and secure sheets to metal or wooden studs or joists.
- Trowel or spray coats of stucco over exteriors of buildings to form weatherproof surfaces.
- Install corner beads and wire mesh around beams to which plaster is to be applied.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
Bending, crouching, kneeling. Handling heavy loads.
Employment terms options:
Evening.
Experience:
2 years to less than 3 years.
Employment terms options:
Day.
Workplace information:
On the road job.