drywall finisher

Haydn Ltd.


Date: 1 day ago
City: Airdrie, Alberta
Salary: CA$35.5 per hour
Contract type: Full time
  • Work Term: Permanent
  • Work Language: English
  • Hours: 40 to 44 hours per week
  • Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
  • Experience: 2 years to less than 3 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
  • 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
  • Mix plaster ingredients to desired consistency
  • 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
  • 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 corner beads and wire mesh around beams to which plaster is to be applied
  • Install metal stud framing and furring for interior drywall or plaster walls and ceilings, using hand and power tools
  • Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
  • Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms

  • Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

  • Weight handling

  • Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

  • Own tools/equipment

  • Steel-toed safety boots

  • Personal suitability

  • Dependability
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Judgement
  • Reliability
  • Team player

  • Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan

  • Financial benefits

  • Group insurance benefits

  • Support for newcomers and refugees

  • Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition

  • Support for Indigenous people

  • Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations
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