- Work Term : Permanent
- Work Language : English
- Hours : 40 hours per week
- Education : Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience : 2 years to less than 3 years
Work site environment
- At heights
- Dusty
- Noisy
Work setting
- Commercial
- Residential
- Various locations
Tasks
- Supervise other workers
- 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
- Prepare wall and ceiling layouts
- Estimate costs and materials
- Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
- Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms
- Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
Supervision
3-4 people
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Handling heavy loads
- Large workload
- Manual dexterity
- Overtime required
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Standing for extended periods
- Tight deadlines
- Walking
- Work under pressure
Weight handling
- Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)
- Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs)
Own tools / equipment
Steel-toed safety boots
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Reliability
- Team player
Workplace information
- On the road job
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