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Job Details

Granite Setter

Employer

Alliance Granite Ltd

Date Posted

November 20, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Edmonton, AB
  • Earnings $30.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 30 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 2  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Dec 20, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Alliance Granite Ltd

Languages

English

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Tasks

  • Prepare, measure and mark surfaces to be covered
  • Mix, apply and spread mortar, cement, mastic, glue or other adhesives using hand trowel
  • Set tiles in place and apply pressure to affix them to base
  • Align and straighten tiles
  • Pack grout into joints between tiles and remove excess grout
  • Supervise other workers
  • Cut, surface, polish and install marble and granite
  • Estimate costs and materials
  • Install tile strips

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Handling heavy loads
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Attention to detail

Experience

7 months to less than 1 year


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

Interest Codes

Tilesetters
OBJECTIVE

Interest in precision working to cut and fit tiles around obstacles and openings

METHODICAL

Interest in compiling information to pack grout into joints between tiles and remove the excess; and in cutting, polishing and installing marble and granite

INNOVATIVE

Interest in creating decorative designs and in removing and replacing damaged tiles

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

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.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

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Manual Dexterity

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