Drywall Installer and Finisher

Employer: Manpower Enterprises Ltd.

Location: Surrey, British Columbia

Salary: $36.60 hourly

Languages: English Education: No degree, certificate or diploma Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years Tasks: Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements. Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints. Apply, level and smooth coats of plaster. Clean and prepare surfaces. Cut and install metal corner beads to protect exterior corners. Fabricate and install suspended metal ceiling grids and place in panels to form acoustical and coffered ceilings. Fill joints, nail indentations, holes and cracks with joint compound using trowel and broad knife. Measure, cut, fit and install drywall sheets. Position and secure sheets to metal or wooden studs or joists. Smooth out excess compound and allow coat to dry. Tape over joints using taping machine and embed tape in compound. Install corner beads and wire mesh around beams to which plaster is to be applied Work conditions and physical capabilities: Bending, crouching, kneeling. Hand-eye co-ordination.