Taper, Drywall

Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 5 years or more
**Asset languages**:

- Portuguese
**Work site environment**:

- At heights
- Dusty
- Noisy
**Work setting**:

- Residential
**Tasks**:

- Apply, level and smooth coats of plaster
- 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
- 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
- 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 exterior and interior steel studs
- Install metal stud framing and furring for interior drywall or plaster walls and ceilings, using hand and power tools
- Prepare wall and ceiling layouts
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Handling heavy loads
- Large workload
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Standing for extended periods
- Tight deadlines
- Walking
- Work under pressure
**Own tools/equipment**:

- Hard hat
- Safety glasses/goggles
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week