Employment Information
- Post ID: 128042750
- Open Date: October 24, 2025
- Close Date: December 17, 2025 (open for 53 days)
- Organization: BUILD TO LAST DRYWALL LIMITED
- Sector: Construction & Renovation
- Business Location:Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Total Views: 752
- Ad Active Duration: 1 calendar days (1 business days)
- Last Updated: 1 day ago
- Job URL: https://newpeople.ca/jobs/nova-scotia/halifax/128042750/drywall-installer-and-finisher/
Job Details
- Experience: 7 months - 1 year
- Job Vacancies: 3
- Compensation: $24.00 to $30.00 per hour (To be negotiated) / 36 to 40 hours per week
- Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible
- Apply by: email to [email protected]
- 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
- 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
- Smooth out excess compound and allow coat to dry
- Tape over joints using taping machine and embed tape in compound
- 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
- Utilize laser alignment system
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Standing for extended periods
- Work under pressure
Own tools/equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
Benefits
Other benefits
- Parking available