Drywall installer
Great Canadian Homes Ltd Edmonton, Alberta
Permanent
Full time
As soon as possible
Description
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
- Various locations
- Prepare tenders and quotations
- Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints
- Apply, level and smooth coats of plaster
- Clean and prepare surfaces
- Cure freshly plastered surfaces
- Cut and install metal corner beads to protect exterior corners
- 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
- Finish corners and angles and create decorative designs in finish coat, if required
- Measure, cut, fit and install drywall sheets
- Mix plaster ingredients to desired consistency
- Mould and install ornamental plaster panels, cornices and trim
- 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
- Trowel or spray coats of stucco over exteriors of buildings to form weatherproof surfaces
- 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
- Install vapour barriers and thermal and sound insulation
- Prepare wall and ceiling layouts
- Utilize laser alignment system
- Estimate costs and materials
- Operate CADD and other computer software systems
- Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
- Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms
- Large workload
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Flexibility
- Reliability
- Team player
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 30 to 35 hours per week
Salary: $30.00 to $36.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
Get similar jobs by email
* You can cancel this job alert at any time
Success! An email confirmation has been sent to your inbox.