drywall installer
Education:
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate. or equivalent experience.
Tasks:
- Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements .
- Apply, level and smooth coats of plaster.
- Cure freshly plastered surfaces.
- Fabricate and install suspended metal ceiling grids and place in panels to form acoustical and coffered ceilings.
- Finish corners and angles and create decorative designs in finish coat, if required.
- 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.
- 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.
- Install exterior and interior steel studs.
- 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.
Screening questions:
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
Experience:
7 months to less than 1 year.
Employment terms options:
- Evening.
- Morning.
- Night.
- Day.
- Overtime required.
Other benefits:
- Free parking available.
- Parking available.
Support for youths:
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment.
- Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.