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Drywall Taper

Employer

Alpha Taping & Drywall Ltd

Date Posted

December 05, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location Edmonton, AB
  • Earnings $36.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 3  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Jan 30, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

Alpha Taping & Drywall Ltd

Languages

English

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Work setting

Various locations

Tasks

  • 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
  • Mix plaster ingredients to desired consistency
  • Mould and install ornamental plaster panels, cornices and trim
  • Smooth out excess compound and allow coat to dry
  • Tape over joints using taping machine and embed tape in compound
  • Install corner beads and wire mesh around beams to which plaster is to be applied

Surface preparation experience

Drywall taping/patching

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Manual dexterity

Employment terms options

Evening

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

Employment terms options

Day

Workplace information

On the road job


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Drywall Taper is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Lathers
METHODICAL

Interest in copying information to attach metal and gypsum lath to studs and furring using nails, screws, clips and wire ties

OBJECTIVE

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

Interest in installing corner beads and wire mesh around beams for plastering

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