Drywall Installer

Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year
**Work site environment**:

- At heights
- Cold/refrigerated
- Dangerous
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
**Work setting**:

- Commercial
- Residential
- Various locations
**Tasks**:

- 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
- Measure, cut, fit and install drywall sheets
- Attach metal or gypsum lath to studs or furring
- Cut openings in lath for heating and ventilation piping, ducts and electrical outlets
- Install corner beads and wire mesh around beams to which plaster is to be applied
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Handling heavy loads
- Large workload
- Overtime required
- Physically demanding
- Sound discrimination
- Standing for extended periods
- Tight deadlines
- Walking
- Work under pressure
**Weight handling**:

- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
**Own tools/equipment**:

- Hard hat
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 30 hours per week