- Education : Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience : 3 years to less than 5 years
Work setting
Various locations
Tasks
- Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints
- 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
- 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
- Install corner beads and wire mesh around beams to which plaster is to be applied
- Install metal stud framing and furring for interior drywall or plaster walls and ceilings, using hand and power tools
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Physically demanding
- Standing for extended periods
Own tools / equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Work Term : Permanent
- Work Language : English
- Hours : 40 hours per week