About this role
Education: No degree, certificate or diploma. Work site environment: At heights. Dusty. Noisy. Work setting: Commercial. Institutional. Residential. Various locations.
Relocation costs covered by employer. Willing to relocate.
Tasks
- Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements . Instruct apprentices.
- Supervise other workers.
- 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.
- Fill joints, nail indentations, holes and cracks with joint compound using trowel and broad knife.
- Mix plaster ingredients to desired consistency.
- 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.
- Estimate costs and materials.
- Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages.
Supervision: 3-4 people.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Physically demanding.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Tight deadlines.
- Personal suitability: Dependability.
- Team player.
Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years.
- Employment terms options: Flexible hours.
- Morning.
- Day.
- Weekend.
- Overtime required.