Job Description

Work Term: Permanent
Work Language: English
Hours: 35 to 40 hours per week
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years

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
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
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
Install metal stud framing and furring for interior drywall or plaster walls and ceilings, using hand and power tools
Prepare wall and ceiling layouts
Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms

Work conditions and physical capabilities

Bending, crouching, kneeling
Hand-eye co-ordination
Physically demanding
Repetitive tasks
Sound discrimination
Standing for extended periods
Walking
Work under pressure

Weight handling

Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability

Client focus
Dependability
Flexibility
Reliability
Team player

Employment terms options

Early morning

Employment terms options

Morning
Day
Weekend
Overtime required
Overtime available

Support for persons with disabilities

Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities

Support for newcomers and refugees

Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees

Support for youths

Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth

Support for Veterans

Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans

Support for Indigenous people

Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers

Support for mature workers

Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers

Supports for visible minorities

Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities

drywall installer and finisher

drywall installer and finisher

Job Overview

Company Overview

Job Description

Work setting

Tasks

Work conditions and physical capabilities

Weight handling

Personal suitability

Employment terms options

Employment terms options

Support for persons with disabilities

Support for newcomers and refugees

Support for youths

Support for Veterans

Support for Indigenous people

Support for mature workers

Supports for visible minorities

Job Details

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