Job Description

Drywall installer

1 vacancy

30.00 hourly / 40 hours per Week
Permanent employment
Full time
Day, Flexible Hours, Morning, Overtime, Weekend

Education
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Experience
2 years to less than 3 years

Work site environment: At heights
Dusty Hot Noisy

Responsibilities

Prepare tenders and quotations
Instruct apprentices
Supervise other workers
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
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
Mix plaster ingredients to desired consistency
Mold and install ornamental plaster panels, cornices and trim
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
Prepare wall and ceiling layouts
Utilize laser alignment system
Estimate costs and materials
Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms

Work conditions and physical capabilities

Bending, crouching, kneeling Handling heavy loads
Large workload
Overtime required Physically demanding Repetitive tasks
Standing for extended periods Tight deadlines

Required languages: english

Education level: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Required skills: Bending, crouching, kneeling Handling heavy loads Large workload Overtime required Physically demanding Repetitive tasks Standing for extended periods Tight deadlines

Closest intersection: kings university