Job Description

Work Term: Permanent Work Language: English Hours: 35 hours per week Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years

Work setting

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Commercial Residential Various locations

Tasks

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Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints Clean and prepare 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 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 Prepare wall and ceiling layouts Estimate costs and materials

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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Bending, crouching, kneeling Handling heavy loads Physically demanding

Personal suitability

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Reliability Team player

Other benefits

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Other benefits

Support for persons with disabilities

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Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for persons with disabilities

Support for newcomers and refugees

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Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees

Support for youths

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Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth

Support for Veterans

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Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Veterans

Support for Indigenous people

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Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers

Support for mature workers

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Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for mature workers

Supports for visible minorities

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* Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees