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Work site environment

• At heights
• Cold/refrigerated
• Dusty
• Hot
• Noisy
• Outdoors

Work setting

• Commercial
• Industrial
• Institutional
• Residential
• Various locations

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints
• Cut and install metal corner beads to protect exterior corners
• 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
• Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
• Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms
• Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications

Additional information

Security and safety

• Bondable

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Handling heavy loads
• Large workload
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Standing for extended periods
• Tight deadlines
• Walking
• Work under pressure

Weight handling

• More than 45 kg (100 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

• Hard hat
• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Dependability
• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Reliability
• Team player