About this role
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate. Work site environment: At heights. Dangerous. Dusty. Noisy. Work setting: Commercial. Residential. Various locations.
Tasks
- Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints.
- Clean and prepare 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.
- Mix plaster ingredients to desired consistency.
- Mould and install ornamental plaster panels, cornices and trim.
- Smooth out excess compound and allow coat to dry.
- Tape over joints using taping machine and embed tape in compound.
- Cut openings in lath for heating and ventilation piping, ducts and electrical outlets.
- Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages.
- Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Manual dexterity.
- Physically demanding.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Tight deadlines.
- Walking.
- Work under pressure.
- Weight handling: Up to 23 kg (50 lbs).
- Own tools/equipment: Hard hat.
- Personal suitability: Client focus.
- Dependability.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Flexibility.
- Judgement.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Experience: 1 to less than 7 months.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Evening.
- Morning.
- Day.
- Weekend.
- Support for newcomers and refugees: Does not require Canadian work experience.
- Support for youths: Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.
- Supports for visible minorities: Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.).