- Work Term : Permanent
- Work Language : English
- Hours : 40 hours per week
- Education : Other trades certificate or diploma
- Experience : 3 years to less than 5 years
Work site environment
- Odours
- Dusty
- Noisy
Work setting
- On-site customer service
- Commercial
- Residential
- Various locations
Tasks
- Prepare, measure and mark surfaces to be covered
- Mix, apply and spread mortar, cement, mastic, glue or other adhesives using hand trowel
- Prepare rough plans and sketches
- Set tiles in place and apply pressure to affix them to base
- Align and straighten tiles
- Cut and fit tiles around obstacles and openings using hand and power cutting tools
- Instruct apprentices
- Pack grout into joints between tiles and remove excess grout
- Remove and replace cracked or damaged tiles
- Supervise other workers
- Lay and set mosaic tiles to create decorative wall, mural and floor designs
- Build underbeds and install anchor bolts, wires and brackets
- Cut, surface, polish and install marble and granite
- Mix, lay and polish terra surfaces
- Install tile strips
Supervision
1 to 2 people
Security and safety
Bondable
Transportation / travel information
- Valid driver's licence
- Own vehicle
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Physically demanding
- Handling heavy loads
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Large workload
Own tools / equipment
- Tools
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Hard hat
- Safety glasses / goggles
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Team player
- Hardworking
Screening questions
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Supports newcomers and / or refugees with foreign credential recognition
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and / or refugees
- Does not require Canadian work experience
Support for Indigenous people
Provides cultural competency training and / or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
Supports for visible minorities
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities
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