Drywall Installer

Employment Information

  • Post ID: 273598695
  • Open Date: November 28, 2024
  • Close Date: February 21, 2025
  • Organization: Pro 16-3 Cleaning Services
  • Sector: Construction & Renovation
  • Business Location:3901 54 Ave NE Unit 113, Calgary, Alberta T3J 3W5
  • Total Views: 218
  • Duration: 12 calendar days (9 business days)
  • Last Updated: 2 weeks ago
  • Job URL: https://newpeople.ca/jobs/alberta/calgary/273598695/drywall-installer/
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Job Details

  • Experience: 2 years - 3 years
  • Job Vacancies: 1
  • Compensation: $35.40 per hour / 35 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 exterior and interior steel studs
  • 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
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Sound discrimination
  • Tight deadlines
  • Work under pressure

Weight handling

  • Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

  • Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Dependability
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Flexibility
  • Judgement
  • Reliability
  • Team player

Benefits

Health benefits

  • Dental plan

Financial benefits

  • Group insurance benefits