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Drywall Installer And Finisher
Employer
Top gun interiors incDate Posted
January 07, 2026Languages
English-
Location Edmonton, AB
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Earnings $30.50 to $45.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 40 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 10  Vacancies
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Closing Date Jan 21, 2026
Employer
Top gun interiors inc
Languages
English
Education
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Work setting
- Commercial
- Industrial
- Residential
- Various locations
Tasks
- Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements
- Instruct apprentices
- Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints
- 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
- Attach metal or gypsum lath to studs or furring
- Install acoustic tile, hangers for suspended ceilings and metal studs for composition wallboard or lath
- Install exterior and interior steel studs
- Install vapour barriers and thermal and sound insulation
- Estimate costs and materials
- Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
- Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
Supervision
3-4 people
Transportation/travel information
- Own vehicle
- Willing to travel for extended periods
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Handling heavy loads
- Large workload
- Physically demanding
- Standing for extended periods
- Tight deadlines
- Work under pressure
Own tools/equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Tools
Personal suitability
- Dependability
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Team player
Screening questions
- Are you authorized to work in Canada?
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
Experience
5 years or more
Employment terms options
- Day
- Weekend
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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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