- Education : No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience : 1 year to less than 2 years
Work setting
Various locations
Tasks
- Instruct apprentices
- 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
- 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
- Mould and install ornamental plaster panels, cornices and trim
- 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
- Attach metal or gypsum lath to studs or furring
- 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 exterior and interior steel studs
- 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
- Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
Work conditions and physical capabilities
Physically demanding
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Reliability
- Team player
- Work Term : Permanent
- Work Language : English
- Hours : 40 hours per week
drywall installer and finisher
Fabricate and install suspended metal ceiling grids and place in panels to form acoustical and coffered ceilings. Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints. Fill joints, nail indentations, holes and cracks with joint compound using trowel and broad knife. Measure, cut, fit and ins...
office administrative assistant
Answer telephone and relay telephone calls and messages. Arrange and co-ordinate seminars, conferences, etc. Schedule and confirm appointments. Order office supplies and maintain inventory. ...
construction helper
Erect and dismantle concrete forms, scaffolding, ramps, catwalks shoring and barricades. Load, unload and transport construction materials. Clean and pile salvaged materials. Remove rubble and other debris at construction sites. ...
carpenter
Build foundations, install floor beams, lay subflooring and erect walls and roof systems. Maintain, repair and renovate residences and wooden structures in mills, mines, hospitals, industrial plants and other establishments. Measure, cut, shape, assemble and join materials made of wood, wood substit...
steel stud framer - carpentry
Build foundations, install floor beams, lay subflooring and erect walls and roof systems. Maintain, repair and renovate residences and wooden structures in mills, mines, hospitals, industrial plants and other establishments. Measure, cut, shape, assemble and join materials made of wood, wood substit...
construction helper
Mix, pour and spread materials such as concrete and asphalt. Assist in framing houses, erecting walls and building roofs. Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees. Load, unload and transport construction materials. ...
construction helper
Erect and dismantle concrete forms, scaffolding, ramps, catwalks shoring and barricades. Mix, pour and spread materials such as concrete and asphalt. Assist in framing houses, erecting walls and building roofs. Load, unload and transport construction materials. ...
drywall and ceiling system installer
Fabricate and install suspended metal ceiling grids and place in panels to form acoustical and coffered ceilings. Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints. Install acoustic tile, hangers for suspended ceilings and metal studs for composition wallboard or lath. Prepare wall and ce...
steel framer - carpentry
Build foundations, install floor beams, lay subflooring and erect walls and roof systems. Maintain, repair and renovate residences and wooden structures in mills, mines, hospitals, industrial plants and other establishments. Measure, cut, shape, assemble and join materials made of wood, wood substit...
administrative assistant
Open and distribute regular and electronic incoming mail and other material and co-ordinate the flow of information. Record and prepare minutes of meetings, seminars and conferences. Determine and establish office procedures and routines. Answer telephone and relay telephone calls and messages. ...