Lather Apprentice

Employer: Wescor Contracting Ltd.

Location: Victoria, British Columbia

Salary: $32.40 to $36.00 hourly (to be negotiated)

Languages: English Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years Work site environment: At heights. Outdoors Tasks: Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements. 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. Tape over joints using taping machine and embed tape in compound. Attach metal or gypsum lath to studs or furring. 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