drywall installer
- Victoria, BC, Canada
Full-time
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- Full-time
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- Posting language
- English
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Original job description
Overview
Languages
English
Education
1 year to less than 2 years
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site environment
Tasks
Personal suitability
Languages
English
Education
- 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.
Work site environment
- At heights
- Dusty
- Noisy
- Outdoors
Tasks
- Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements
- Supervise other workers
- Clean and prepare 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
- Position and secure sheets to metal or wooden studs or joists
- Trowel or spray coats of stucco over exteriors of buildings to form weatherproof surfaces
- Cut openings in lath for heating and ventilation piping, ducts and electrical outlets
- 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
Personal suitability
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Team player
More about this job
Responsibilities
Read plans and specifications, prepare surfaces and layouts, and measure, cut, fit, and secure drywall and metal framing. Finish joints and corners, apply stucco where required, create openings for building services, supervise workers, and estimate costs and materials.
Requirements
Requires a secondary school graduation certificate and 1 to less than 2 years of experience. The role is on-site in a work environment that may involve heights, dust, noise, and outdoor conditions; flexibility, judgment, reliability, and teamwork are listed as personal suitability requirements.
Skills
- Blueprint Reading
- Drywall Installation
- Metal Stud Framing
- Steel Stud Installation
- Joint Compound Application
- Drywall Finishing
- Stucco Application
- Surface Preparation
- Measuring and Cutting
- Cost Estimation
- Supervision
- Flexibility
- Judgment
- Reliability
- Teamwork
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Categories
- Trades
- Construction
Keywords
- Drywall
- Blueprints
- Construction Drawings
- Specifications
- Metal Corner Beads
- Joint Compound
- Trowel
- Broad Knife
- Drywall Sheets
- Metal Studs
- Wooden Studs
- Joists
- Stucco
- Lath
- Heating and Ventilation
- Ducts
- Electrical Outlets
- Steel Studs
- Metal Stud Framing
- Furring
- Hand Tools
- Power Tools
- Wall Layouts
- Ceiling Layouts
- Cost Estimation
- Material Estimation