Tilesetter

Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
**Work setting**:

- Various locations
**Tasks**:

- Prepare, measure and mark surfaces to be covered
- Prepare rough plans and sketches
- Prepare tenders and quotations
- Cut and fit tiles around obstacles and openings using hand and power cutting tools
- Instruct apprentices
- Pack grout into joints between tiles and remove excess grout
- Remove and replace cracked or damaged tiles
- Supervise other workers
- Lay and set mosaic tiles to create decorative wall, mural and floor designs
- Build underbeds and install anchor bolts, wires and brackets
- Cut, surface, polish and install marble and granite
- Estimate costs and materials
- Mix, lay and polish terra surfaces
- Install tile strips
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Physically demanding
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Large workload
- Overtime required
**Health benefits**:

- Health care plan
**Other benefits**:

- Other benefits
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week