Drywall Installer

Employment Information

  • Post ID: 672070095
  • Open Date: November 14, 2024
  • Close Date: January 4, 2025
  • Organization: MM Drywall Inc.
  • Sector: Construction & Renovation
  • Business Location:Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • Total Views: 214
  • Duration: 10 calendar days (7 business days)
  • Last Updated: 1 week ago
  • Job URL: https://newpeople.ca/jobs/alberta/calgary/672070095/drywall-installer/
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Job Details

  • Experience: 1 year - 2 years
  • Job Vacancies: 1
  • Compensation: $25.26 to $27.30 per hour (To be negotiated) / 30 to 40 hours per week
  • Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible
  • Education: High school graduation certificate

Job Description

Tasks

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Spray acoustic or texture materials over walls and ceilings
  • 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 acoustic tile, hangers for suspended ceilings and metal studs for composition wallboard or lath
  • 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
  • Install vapour barriers and thermal and sound insulation
  • Prepare wall and ceiling layouts

Additional information

Security and safety

  • Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

  • Own vehicle

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Manual dexterity
  • Physically demanding
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Walking

Weight handling

  • Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
  • Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

  • Hard hat
  • Mask
  • Safety glasses/goggles
  • Steel-toed safety boots
  • Tools

Personal suitability

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