Tilesetter

Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years
- or equivalent experience
- ** Work site environment**:

- Dusty
- ** Work setting**:

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

- Prepare, measure and mark surfaces to be covered
- Prepare rough plans and sketches
- Align and straighten tiles
- 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
- ** Security and safety**:

- Criminal record check
- ** Transportation/travel information**:

- Own transportation
- ** Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Physically demanding
- Handling heavy loads
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Large workload
- Overtime required
- ** Own tools/equipment**:

- Steel-toed safety boots
- Hard hat
- Safety glasses/goggles
- ** Personal suitability**:

- Accurate
- Dependability
- Reliability
- Team player
- Hardworking
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 to 45 hours per week