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Drywall installer and finisher

Posted by: Soma Interiors Ltd.
Posting date: July 10, 2024      Closing date: January 10, 2025
Job location: Burnaby - BC, Canada
Salary: 30
Vacancy: 1
Job category: Construction
Job id: 20191205934

Job description:


Overview

Languages

English

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

On the road job

 Work locations may vary. Frequent or constant travel is required from the employee.

Work site environment

  • At heights
  • Dusty
  • Noisy

Work setting

  • Commercial
  • Industrial
  • Residential
  • Various locations

Responsibilities

Tasks

  • Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements
  • Supervise other workers
  • 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
  • Finish corners and angles and create decorative designs in finish coat, if required
  • Measure, cut, fit and install drywall sheets
  • Mould and install ornamental plaster panels, cornices and trim
  • Position and secure sheets to metal or wooden studs or joists
  • 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 corner beads and wire mesh around beams to which plaster is to be applied
  • Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
  • Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms

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