Job Description
Job requirements – Drywall Installer
Languages
English
Education
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Experience
2 years to less than 3 years
- Additional Skills
- Supervise other workers
- Weight Handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
- Work Setting
- Residential; Commercial
- Own Tools/Equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Work Site Environment
- Noisy; Dusty
- Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Handling heavy loads; Physically demanding; Hand-eye co-ordination; Standing for extended periods; Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Ability to Supervise
- 1 to 2 people
- Work Location Information
- Urban area
- Personal Suitability
- Team player; Excellent oral communication; Judgement; Reliability
- Drywall Installer and Finisher Specific Skills
- Measure, cut, fit and install drywall sheets; 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; Tape over joints using taping machine and embed tape in compound; Fabricate and install suspended metal ceiling grids and place in panels to form acoustical and coffered ceilings; Smooth out excess compound and allow coat to dry; Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints; Position and secure sheets to metal or wooden studs or joists
Employment groups
This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups: Indigenous people, Newcomers to Canada, Students, Youth
