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drywall finisher

DEKTON HOMES logo
  • Full Time
  • Permanent

drywall finisher

  • DEKTON HOMES
  • Posted 21 hours ago
  • NOC: 73102
  • Location: Cambridge, ON, N3H3A1
  • Salary: $31.50 hourly

Job Overview

  • Published On: Jul 1, 2026
  • Application Due: Jul 15, 2026
  • Job Type: Full Time
  • Work Term: Permanent
  • Language: english
  • Views: 1

Company Overview

  • Employer: DEKTON HOMES
  • Location: Cambridge, ON, CA

Job Description

  • Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
  • Langue de travail: Anglais
  • Heures de travail: 40 hours per week
  • Education:
  • Expérience:

    • Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

    • 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
  • 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
  • Operate CADD and other computer software systems
  • Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
  • Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms

    • Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Aerial lift and aerial work platform Certification

    • Transportation/travel information

  • Own vehicle

    • Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Large workload
  • Manual dexterity
  • Physically demanding
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Sound discrimination
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Tight deadlines
  • Walking
  • Work under pressure

    • Weight handling

  • Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

    • Own tools/equipment

  • Hard hat
  • Mask
  • Safety glasses/goggles
  • Steel-toed safety boots
  • Tools

    • Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Dependability
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Flexibility
  • Judgement
  • Reliability
  • Team player

    • Screening questions

  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?
  • Do you have the equipment you need to work from home (like internet and a workspace)?
  • Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?

    • Employment terms options

  • Early morning

    • Experience

  • 3 years to less than 5 years

    • Employment terms options

  • Overtime available

    • Supports for visible minorities

  • Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)

Job Details

  • Work arrangement: Not specified
  • Work hours: 40 hours per week
  • Salary range: $31.50 hourly
  • Postal code: N3H3A1

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