- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 30 to 40 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years
Work setting
Various locations
Tasks
Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and jointsCut and install metal corner beads to protect exterior cornersFill joints, nail indentations, holes and cracks with joint compound using trowel and broad knifeMeasure, cut, fit and install drywall sheetsPosition and secure sheets to metal or wooden studs or joistsSmooth out excess compound and allow coat to dryTape over joints using taping machine and embed tape in compoundInstall corner beads and wire mesh around beams to which plaster is to be appliedInstall exterior and interior steel studsInstall metal stud framing and furring for interior drywall or plaster walls and ceilings, using hand and power toolsEstimate costs and materials
Work conditions and physical capabilities
Hand-eye co-ordinationPhysically demandingRepetitive tasks
Personal suitability
JudgementReliability
Workplace information
On the road job
Support for persons with disabilities
Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities
Support for newcomers and refugees
Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees
Support for youths
Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth
Support for Veterans
Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans
Support for Indigenous people
Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
Support for mature workers
Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
Supports for visible minorities
Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities
