Stucco Plasterer

Employer

KTD CONSTRUCTION INC

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

• At heights
• Dusty

Work setting

• Industrial
• Residential
• Various locations

Tasks

• Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements
• Prepare tenders and quotations
• Instruct apprentices
• Supervise other workers
• 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
• Fill joints, nail indentations, holes and cracks with joint compound using trowel and broad knife
• 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
• Trowel or spray coats of stucco over exteriors of buildings to form weatherproof surfaces
• 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
• Estimate costs and materials
• Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages

Supervision

1 to 2 people

Experience

3 years to less than 5 years