Drywall Taper

About the job

STARLING DRYWALL LTD.

English

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

• Dusty
• Noisy

Residential

• Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints
• Clean and prepare surfaces
• 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
• Mix plaster ingredients to desired consistency
• 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
• Cut openings in lath for heating and ventilation piping, ducts and electrical outlets
• Install acoustic tile, hangers for suspended ceilings and metal studs for composition wallboard or lath
• Install metal stud framing and furring for interior drywall or plaster walls and ceilings, using hand and power tools
• Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages

1 year to less than 2 years