Drywall finisher
Job in
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Listed on 2026-02-28
Listing for:
Hefty Construction Ltd.
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-02-28
Job specializations:
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Trades / Skilled Labor
General Labor, Construction Labor / Trades, Installation Technician, Building Maintenance
Job Description & How to Apply Below
- Work Term:
Permanent - Work Language:
English - Hours:
35 hours per week - Education:
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate - Experience:
1 year to less than 2 years Work site environment - Dusty
- Noisy Work setting
- Commercial
- Residential
- Various locations Tasks
- Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Prepare wall and ceiling layouts
- Estimate costs and materials
- Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
- Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms Screening questions
- Are you authorized to work in Canada?
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you currently a student?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have experience working in this field? Employment terms options
- Early morning
- Evening Employment terms options
- Shift
- Morning
- Day
- Weekend
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