Drywall Installer

About the job

P & P Recon Ltd.

English

No degree, certificate or diploma

• Dusty
• Noisy
• Outdoors

• Commercial
• Residential

• Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements
• 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
• Finish corners and angles and create decorative designs in finish coat, if required
• 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
• 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
• Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms

• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Physically demanding
• Standing for extended periods
• Work under pressure

Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

• Evening
• Flexible hours

3 years to less than 5 years

• Morning
• Day
• Weekend