drywall installer and finisher
Your tasks
- Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements .
- Instruct apprentices.
- Supervise other workers.
- 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.
- 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.
- Spray acoustic or texture materials over walls and ceilings.
- Tape over joints using taping machine and embed tape in compound.
- Trowel or spray coats of stucco over exteriors of buildings to form weatherproof surfaces.
- Attach metal or gypsum lath to studs or furring.
- 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 exterior and interior steel studs.
- Install metal stud framing and furring for interior drywall or plaster walls and ceilings, using hand and power tools.
- Install vapour barriers and thermal and sound insulation.
- Prepare wall and ceiling layouts.
- Utilize laser alignment system.
- Estimate costs and materials.
- Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages.
- Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms.
Requirements
Education College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years.
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Large workload.
- Manual dexterity.
- Physically demanding.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Tight deadlines.
- Walking.
- Work under pressure.
Weight handling
- Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs).
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs).
Personal suitability
- Dependability.
- Flexibility.
- Judgement.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
1 year to less than 2 years.
Other
Work site environment
- At heights.
- Dusty.
- Noisy.
Work setting
- Commercial.
- Industrial.
- Residential.
- Various locations.
Employment terms options
- Early morning.
- Evening.
Employment terms options
- Morning.
- Night.
- On call.
- Day.
- Weekend.