drywall installer
Education:
No degree, certificate or diploma.
Work site environment:
- At heights.
- Dusty.
Work setting:
- Commercial.
- Residential.
- Various locations.
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.
- 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.
- Prepare wall and ceiling layouts.
- Utilize laser alignment system.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Physically demanding.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Standing for extended periods.
Personal suitability:
- Dependability.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
Experience:
3 years to less than 5 years.
Workplace information:
On the road job.
Health benefits:
- Dental plan.
- Health care plan.