Drywall Finisher

Work Term: Permanent

• Work Language: English

• Hours: 30 hours per week

• Education: No degree, certificate or diploma

• Experience: 1 to less than 7 months Work site environment :

• At heights

• Cold/refrigerated

• Dangerous

• Dusty

• Hot

• Noisy Work setting :

• Commercial

• Residential

• Various locations

• Relocation costs covered by employer Tasks :

• Apply, level and smooth coats of plaster

• Clean and prepare 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

• 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

• 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 Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses :

• Fall Arrest Protection Training Course Work conditions and physical capabilities :

• Bending, crouching, kneeling

• Handling heavy loads

• Physically demanding

• Standing for extended periods

• Tight deadlines

• Walking

• Work under pressure Weight handling :

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs) Own tools/equipment :

• Hard hat

• Steel-toed safety boots