Drywall Installer and Finisher - Halifax, Canada - MELDAMAR INC

MELDAMAR INC
MELDAMAR INC
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Halifax, Canada

1 week ago

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Description

Work Term:
Permanent


  • Work Language: English
  • Hours: 40 hours per week
  • Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • Experience: 1 to less than 7 months
- or equivalent experience


Work site environment:


  • Dusty
  • Noisy
  • Outdoors

Work setting:


  • Various locations

Tasks:


  • Prepare tenders and quotations
  • Instruct apprentices
  • Supervise other workers
  • 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
  • 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
  • Finish corners and angles and create decorative designs in finish coat, if required
  • Measure, cut, fit and install drywall sheets
  • Mix plaster ingredients to desired consistency
  • Mould and install ornamental plaster panels, cornices and trim
  • Position and secure sheets to metal or wooden studs or joists
  • 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
  • Install vapour barriers and thermal and sound insulation
  • Prepare wall and ceiling layouts
  • Utilize laser alignment system
  • Estimate costs and materials
  • Operate CADD and other computer software systems
  • Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
  • Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
  • Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms

Work conditions and physical capabilities:


  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Handeye coordination
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Large workload
  • Manual dexterity
  • Physically demanding
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Sound discrimination
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Tight deadlines
  • Walking
  • Work under pressure

Weight handling:


  • Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)
  • Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability:


  • Client focus
  • Dependability
  • Flexibility
  • Judgement
  • Reliability
  • Team player

Other benefits:


  • Free parking available
  • Other benefits
  • Team building opportunities
  • Parking available
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