drywall finisher

Job Description

<ul><li>Durée de l'emploi: Permanent</li><li>Langue de travail: Anglais</li><li>Heures de travail: 30 to 48 hours per week</li><li>Education:</li><li>Expérience:</li><li><h2>Education</h2><br></li><li>Secondary (high) school graduation certificate</li><li><h2>Work site environment</h2><br></li><li>At heights</li><li>Dangerous</li><li>Dusty</li><li>Noisy</li><li><h2>Work setting</h2><br></li><li>Commercial</li><li>Residential</li><li>Various locations</li><li><h2>Tasks</h2><br></li><li>Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints</li><li>Clean and prepare surfaces</li><li>Cut and install metal corner beads to protect exterior corners</li><li>Fill joints, nail indentations, holes and cracks with joint compound using trowel and broad knife</li><li>Finish corners and angles and create decorative designs in finish coat, if required</li><li>Mix plaster ingredients to desired consistency</li><li>Mould and install ornamental plaster panels, cornices and trim</li><li>Smooth out excess compound and allow coat to dry</li><li>Tape over joints using taping machine and embed tape in compound</li><li>Cut openings in lath for heating and ventilation piping, ducts and electrical outlets</li><li>Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages</li><li>Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms</li><li><h2>Work conditions and physical capabilities</h2><br></li><li>Bending, crouching, kneeling</li><li>Hand-eye co-ordination</li><li>Manual dexterity</li><li>Physically demanding</li><li>Repetitive tasks</li><li>Standing for extended periods</li><li>Tight deadlines</li><li>Walking</li><li>Work under pressure</li><li><h2>Weight handling</h2><br></li><li>Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)</li><li><h2>Own tools/equipment</h2><br></li><li>Hard hat</li><li><h2>Personal suitability</h2><br></li><li>Client focus</li><li>Dependability</li><li>Excellent oral communication</li><li>Flexibility</li><li>Judgement</li><li>Reliability</li><li>Team player</li><li><h2>Experience</h2><br></li><li>1 year to less than 2 years</li><li><h2>Support for newcomers and refugees</h2><br></li><li>Does not require Canadian work experience</li><li><h2>Support for youths</h2><br></li><li>Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth</li><li><h2>Supports for visible minorities</h2><br></li><li>Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)</li></ul>