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Drywall Installer And Finisher
Employer
QSI Interiors LtdDate Posted
May 05, 2022Languages
English-
Location Calgary, AB
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Earnings $19.00 to $36.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 88 to 120 hours bi-weekly
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 5  Vacancies
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Closing Date Jun 04, 2022
Employer
QSI Interiors Ltd
Languages
English
Education
No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience
Will train
Additional Skills
Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
Weight Handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
- Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)
- Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs)
Work Setting
- Institutional
- Industrial
- Commercial
Work Site Environment
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Noisy
- Dusty
- Hot
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Large workload
- Tight deadlines
- Overtime required
Work Location Information
Various locations
Personal Suitability
- Flexibility
- Team player
- Dependability
- Reliability
Plasterer Specific Skills
- Mix plaster ingredients to desired consistency
- Clean and prepare surfaces
- Apply, level and smooth coats of plaster
- Finish corners and angles and create decorative designs in finish coat, if required
Drywall Installer and Finisher Specific Skills
- Measure, cut, fit and install drywall sheets
- 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
- Tape over joints using taping machine and embed tape in compound
- Fabricate and install suspended metal ceiling grids and place in panels to form acoustical and coffered ceilings
- Smooth out excess compound and allow coat to dry
- Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints
- Position and secure sheets to metal or wooden studs or joists
Lather Specific Skills
- Utilize laser alignment system
- Install exterior and interior steel studs
- Install vapour barriers and thermal and sound insulation
- Attach metal or gypsum lath to studs or furring
- Install metal stud framing and furring for interior drywall or plaster walls and ceilings, using hand and power tools
- Prepare wall and ceiling layouts
- Install corner beads and wire mesh around beams to which plaster is to be applied
- Install acoustic tile, hangers for suspended ceilings and metal studs for composition wallboard or lath
Health benefits
- Health care plan
- Disability benefits
- Dental plan
- Vision care benefits
Screening questions
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have education in this field of employment?
How to Apply
Anyone who can legally work in Canada can apply for this job. If you are not currently authorized to work in Canada, the employer will not consider your job application.
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Interest Codes
- METHODICAL
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Interest in copying information to attach metal and gypsum lath to studs and furring using nails, screws, clips and wire ties
- OBJECTIVE
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Interest in precision working to cut openings in lath for heating and ventilation piping, ducts and electrical outlets; may install acoustic tile, hangers for suspended ceilings and metal studs for composition wallboards and laths
- innovative
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Interest in installing corner beads and wire mesh around beams for plastering
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