• Education : Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience : 1 year to less than 2 years
• or equivalent experience

Work site environment

• Dusty
• Noisy
• Outdoors

Work setting

Various locations

Tasks

• Instruct apprentices
• Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints
• 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
• Measure, cut, fit and install drywall sheets
• Position and secure sheets to metal or wooden studs or joists
• Smooth out excess compound and allow coat to dry
• Tape over joints using taping machine and embed tape in compound
• Estimate costs and materials
• Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications

Supervision

1 to 2 people

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Work under pressure

Weight handling

Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability

• Judgement
• Reliability
• Team player
• Work Term : Permanent
• Work Language : English
• Hours : 40 hours per week