drywall installer and finisher

Additional Information

• Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
• Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years

Work setting

• Commercial
• Residential
• Various locations

Tasks

• Prepare tenders and quotations
• Apply, level and smooth coats of plaster
• Clean and prepare 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
• Trowel or spray coats of stucco over exteriors of buildings to form weatherproof surfaces
• 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 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
• Estimate costs and materials

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Dependability
• Excellent written communication
• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 40 hours per week