drywall installer

Your 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.
• 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.
• Mould and install ornamental plaster panels, cornices and trim.
• Smooth out excess compound and allow coat to dry.
• Spray acoustic or texture materials over walls and ceilings.
• Trowel or spray coats of stucco over exteriors of buildings to form weatherproof surfaces.
• Prepare wall and ceiling layouts.
• Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages.

Requirements

Education Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Bending, crouching, kneeling.
• Work under pressure.

Weight handling Up to 23 kg (50 lbs).

Personal suitability

• Client focus.
• Dependability.
• Excellent oral communication.
• Flexibility.
• Team player.

Screening questions Do you have experience working in this field?.

7 months to less than 1 year.

Other

Work site environment Dusty.

Work setting Commercial. Institutional. Residential.

Security and safety Criminal record check.

Employment terms options Early morning.

Employment terms options Evening. Morning. Day. Weekend. Overtime required.