Employment Information
- Post ID: 641833402
- Open Date: April 15, 2025
- Close Date: May 29, 2025
- Organization: Haydn Ltd.
- Sector: Construction & Renovation
- Business Location:Airdrie, Alberta, Canada
- Total Views: 204
- Duration: 1 calendar days (2 business days)
- Last Updated: 2 days ago
- Job URL: https://newpeople.ca/jobs/alberta/airdrie/641833402/drywall-finisher/
Job Details
- Experience: 2 years - 3 years
- Job Vacancies: 1
- Compensation: $35.50 per hour / 40 to 44 hours per week
- Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible
- Apply by: email to [email protected], by mail
- Education: High school graduation certificate
Job Description
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
Additional information
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
Benefits
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
Financial benefits
- Group insurance benefits