drywall installer and finisher
Your tasks
- Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements .
- Apply, level and smooth coats of plaster.
- 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.
- Install acoustic tile, hangers for suspended ceilings and metal studs for composition wallboard or lath.
- Install metal stud framing and furring for interior drywall or plaster walls and ceilings, using hand and power tools.
- Prepare wall and ceiling layouts.
Requirements
Education Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.
Personal suitability
- Dependability.
- Flexibility.
- Judgement.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
1 year to less than 2 years.
Other
Screening questions
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.