About this role
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate. Work site environment: Dusty. Noisy. Work setting: Commercial. Industrial. Residential. Various locations.
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.
- 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.
- Smooth out excess compound and allow coat to dry.
- Spray acoustic or texture materials over walls and ceilings.
- Trowel or spray coats of stucco over exteriors of buildings to form weatherproof surfaces.
- 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.
- Prepare wall and ceiling layouts.
- 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.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Screening questions: Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?.
- Experience: Experience an asset.