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Drywall Installer
Employer
G.P.O Drywall LtdDate Posted
September 16, 2024Languages
English-
Location Edmonton, AB
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Earnings $30.00 hourly
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Work Hours 40 to 44 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 8  Vacancies
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Closing Date Oct 16, 2024
Employer
G.P.O Drywall Ltd
Languages
English
Education
No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site environment
- Dusty
- Noisy
Work setting
- Commercial
- Residential
- Various locations
Tasks
- Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements
- Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints
- Apply, level and smooth coats of plaster
- Clean and prepare surfaces
- Cure freshly plastered 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
- Finish corners and angles and create decorative designs in finish coat, if required
- Measure, cut, fit and install drywall sheets
- Mix plaster ingredients to desired consistency
- 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
- Cut openings in lath for heating and ventilation piping, ducts and electrical outlets
- Install corner beads and wire mesh around beams to which plaster is to be applied
- Install metal stud framing and furring for interior drywall or plaster walls and ceilings, using hand and power tools
- Utilize laser alignment system
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Handling heavy loads
- Large workload
- Manual dexterity
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Standing for extended periods
- Tight deadlines
Weight handling
Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Dependability
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Team player
Experience
3 years to less than 5 years
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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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It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.
Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.
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