Drywall finisher

Overview

Languages:

English

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

1 year to less than 2 years

On site. Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

• At heights
• Dusty
• Noisy
• Outdoors

• Commercial
• Residential
• Various locations

• Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints
• 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
• Measure, cut, fit and install drywall sheets
• Position and secure sheets to metal or wooden studs or joists
• Smooth out excess compound and allow coat to dry
• Tape over joints using taping machine and embed tape in compound

• Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Hand-eye coordination
• Handling heavy loads
• Large workload
• Manual dexterity
• Physically demanding
• Sound discrimination
• Standing for extended periods
• Tight deadlines
• Walking
• Work under pressure

• Steel-toed safety boots

This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:

• Support for persons with disabilities
  • Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities
• 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