plasterer
The Market Garden
Date: 9 hours ago
City: Victoria, British Columbia
Salary:
CA$35
per hour
Contract type: Full time
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 30 hours per week
- Education: Other trades certificate or diploma
- Experience: 5 years or more
- or equivalent experience
Work site environment
- Dusty
- Hot
- Outdoors
Work setting
- Commercial
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
- Tape over joints using taping machine and embed tape in compound
- Prepare plaster models and moulds
- Make and modify plaster casts
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Handling heavy loads
- Manual dexterity
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
Weight handling
- Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Dependability
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
Screening questions
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
Financial benefits
- Bonus
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Other benefits
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