Plasterer
Top Class Roofing & Renovation 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
Work setting- Various locations
Tasks- Apply, level and smooth coats of plaster
- Cure freshly plastered surfaces
- 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
- Mix plaster ingredients to desired consistency
- Mould and install ornamental plaster panels, cornices and trim
- Position and secure sheets to metal or wooden studs or joists
- 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
- Attach metal or gypsum lath to studs or furring
- 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 corner beads and wire mesh around beams to which plaster is to be applied
- Install exterior and interior steel studs
- 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
- Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
- Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
- Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms
Security and safety- Basic security clearance
Work conditions and physical capabilities- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Large workload
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Tight deadlines
- Work under pressure
Own tools/equipment- Steel-toed safety boots
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 30 to 40 hours per week
Salary: $15.50 hourly
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