Job Description

Plasterers apply finish, and maintain and restore plaster or similar materials, on interior and exterior walls, ceilings and building partitions to produce plain or decorative surfaces. Measure, cut and fit drywall sheets for installation on walls and ceilings
Position and secure sheets to metal or wooden studs or joists
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. Tape over joints using taping machine and embed tape in compound. Smooth out excess compound and allow coat to dry. Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints. Fabricate and install suspended metal ceiling grids and place in panels to form acoustical and coffered ceilings.

Required languages: English

Education level: No Degree or certificate required

Required skills: Position and secure sheets to metal or wooden studs or joists 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 Tape over joints using taping machine and embed tape in compound

Closest intersection: Alberta