drywall installer
Education:
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.
Tasks:
- 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.
- 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.
- Smooth out excess compound and allow coat to dry.
- Spray acoustic or texture materials over walls and ceilings.
- 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.
- Prepare wall and ceiling layouts.
- Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages.
- Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms.
- Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications.
Employment terms options:
Evening.
Experience:
2 years to less than 3 years.
Employment terms options:
Morning. Day.