Drywall Taper job in Edmonton, AB with KS Guraya Drywall Ltd., Alberta - alis
This permanent full time Drywall Taper job from KS Guraya Drywall Ltd. is offering $36.00 hourly for 35 hours per week.
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Job Details
Drywall Taper
Employer
KS Guraya Drywall Ltd.Date Posted
June 08, 2026Languages
English-
Location Edmonton, AB
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Earnings $36.00 hourly
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Work Hours 35 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 1 Vacancy
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Closing Date Jun 22, 2026
Job Requirements
Employer
KS Guraya Drywall Ltd.
Languages
English
Education
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Work setting
- Commercial
- Residential
- Various locations
- Willing to relocate
Tasks
- Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements
- Supervise other workers
- Apply, level and smooth coats of plaster
- Cure freshly plastered surfaces
- Fabricate and install suspended metal ceiling grids and place in panels to form acoustical and coffered ceilings
- Finish corners and angles and create decorative designs in finish coat, if required
- Mould and install ornamental plaster panels, cornices and trim
- Smooth out excess compound and allow coat to dry
- Spray acoustic or texture materials over walls and ceilings
- Tape over joints using taping machine and embed tape in compound
- Trowel or spray coats of stucco over exteriors of buildings to form weatherproof surfaces
- Attach metal or gypsum lath to studs or furring
- Cut openings in lath for heating and ventilation piping, ducts and electrical outlets
- Install acoustic tile, hangers for suspended ceilings and metal studs for composition wallboard or lath
- Install corner beads and wire mesh around beams to which plaster is to be applied
- Install exterior and interior steel studs
- Install metal stud framing and furring for interior drywall or plaster walls and ceilings, using hand and power tools
- Prepare wall and ceiling layouts
- Estimate costs and materials
- Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms
Supervision
3-4 people
Transportation/travel information
Own vehicle
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
- Work under pressure
Weight handling
Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Team player
Employment terms options
- Early morning
- Evening
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
Employment terms options
- Shift
- Flexible hours
- Morning
- To be determined
- Day
- Weekend
- Overtime required
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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Drywall Taper is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).
Interest Codes
Lathers
- 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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Motor Coordination
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