drywall installer

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

• At heights
• Cold / refrigerated
• Dusty
• Outdoors

Work setting

• Commercial
• Industrial
• Institutional
• Remote location
• Residential
• Rural area
• Urban area
• Various locations

Tasks

• Supervise other workers
• Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints
• 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
• 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
• Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages

Supervision

• 1 to 2 people

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Handling heavy loads
• Large workload
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Tight deadlines
• Walking

Weight handling

• Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)

Own tools / equipment

• Hard hat
• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Dependability
• Flexibility
• Reliability
• Team player

Screening questions

• Are you available for shift or on-call work?
• Are you available for the advertised start date?
• Are you willing to relocate for this position?

Experience

• 1 to less than 7 months

Workplace information

• Hybrid

Health benefits

• Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

• Mileage paid

Long term benefits

• Maternity and parental benefits

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Parking available