Job Description

Work Term: Permanent Work Language: English Hours: 30 hours per week Education: No degree, certificate or diploma Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years

Work site environment

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At heights Cold/refrigerated Dangerous Dusty Hot Noisy Outdoors

Work setting

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Commercial Residential Various locations

Tasks

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Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints 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 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 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 Install vapour barriers and thermal and sound insulation Prepare wall and ceiling layouts Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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Bending, crouching, kneeling Hand-eye co-ordination Handling heavy loads Large workload Physically demanding Repetitive tasks Sound discrimination Standing for extended periods Walking Work under pressure

Weight handling

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Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

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Hard hat Mask Safety glasses/goggles Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

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Team player

Employment terms options

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Morning Day * Overtime required