drywall installer and finisher

Additional Information

• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years

Work setting

• Commercial
• Industrial
• Residential
• Various locations

Tasks

• Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints
• 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
• 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
• Estimate costs and materials
• Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
• Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages

Supervision

• 3-4 people

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Handling heavy loads
• Large workload
• Physically demanding
• Standing for extended periods
• Tight deadlines
• Work under pressure

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Dependability
• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Reliability
• Team player
• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 40 hours per week