Drywall Installer

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Work site environment

• At heights
• Dusty
• Noisy

Work setting

• Commercial
• Residential
• Rural area
• Various locations
• Work in employer's/client's home
• Willing to relocate

Tasks

• Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints
• Apply, level and smooth coats of plaster
• 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, 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
• Tape over joints using taping machine and embed tape in compound
• Attach metal or gypsum lath to studs or furring
• Cut openings in lath for heating and ventilation piping, ducts and electrical outlets
• 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
• Prepare wall and ceiling layouts
• Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages

Transportation/travel information

• Driver's abstract
• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Handling heavy loads
• Standing for extended periods

Own tools/equipment

• Steel
• toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Dependability
• Excellent oral communication

Screening questions

• Do you have experience working in this field?

Employment terms options

• Evening
• Morning
• Day
• Weekend
• Overtime available

Workplace information

• On the road job

Other benefits

• Learning/training paid by employer
• On
• site housing options
• Transportation provided by employer