Drywall Installer And Finisher

About the job

Wolfe Construction

English

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

• Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements
• Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints
• 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
• 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
• Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications

• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Handling heavy loads
• Large workload
• Physically demanding
• Standing for extended periods
• Tight deadlines
• Work under pressure

Steel-toed safety boots

• Dependability
• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Reliability
• Team player

2 years to less than 3 years

Health care plan