Drywall installer
- Type: Full Time
- Location: Edmonton, AB
- Employer Type: Business
- Wage ($/hr): 30.00
- Published on: 2024-04-01
- Application Deadline: 2024-10-01
- Job ID: 731830424
- Job Category: Construction

Manreet Construction LTD.
Job Description
1 vacancy
30.00 hourly/40 hours per Week
Languages
English
Education
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
Work site environment
At heights
Dangerous
Dusty
Hot
Noisy
Outdoors
Work setting
Residential
Various locations
Responsibilities
Prepare tenders and quotations
Supervise other workers
Apply, level and smooth coats of plaster
Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints
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, fi t 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
Trowel or spray coats of stucco over exteriors of buildings to form weatherproof surfaces
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
Utilize laser alignment system
Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
Work conditions and physical capabilities
Bending, crouching, kneeling
Hand-eye co-ordination
Handling heavy loads
Large workload
Manual dexterity
Physically demanding
Repetitive tasks
Sound discrimination
Standing for extended periods
Tight deadlines
Work under pressure
Weight handling
Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)
Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs)
Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Benefits
Other benefits
Free parking available
Required languages: english
Education level: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Required skills: Bending, crouching, kneeling Hand-eye co-ordination Handling heavy loads Large workload Manual dexterity Physically demanding Repetitive tasks Sound discrimination Standing for extended periods Tight deadlines Work under pressure
Closest intersection: Near Ganesh Sweets NW