drywall installer

Additional Information

• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience: Will train

Asset languages

• Hindi
• Panjabi; Punjabi

Work site environment

• Dusty
• Hot
• Outdoors

Work setting

• Willing to relocate

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
• 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

Supervision

• 1 to 2 people

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Dependability
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Reliability
• Team player
• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 35 hours per week