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Drywall finisher

604 Drywall ltd.

Halifax, NS

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Job Details:

$28.00 / hour
Full-time
Entry Level

Overview
  • Work Term: Permanent
  • Work Language: English
  • Hours: 30 to 48 hours per week
  • Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years
  • Work site environment
  • At heights
  • Dangerous
  • Dusty
  • Noisy
  • Work setting
  • Commercial
  • Residential
  • Various locations
  • Tasks
  • Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints
  • Clean and prepare 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
  • Finish corners and angles and create decorative designs in finish coat, if required
  • Mix plaster ingredients to desired consistency
  • Mould and install ornamental plaster panels, cornices and trim
  • Smooth out excess compound and allow coat to dry
  • Tape over joints using taping machine and embed tape in compound
  • Cut openings in lath for heating and ventilation piping, ducts and electrical outlets
  • 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
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Manual dexterity
  • Physically demanding
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Tight deadlines
  • Walking
  • Work under pressure
  • Weight handling
  • Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
  • Own tools/equipment
  • Hard hat
  • Personal suitability
  • Client focus
  • Dependability
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Flexibility
  • Judgement
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Employment terms options
  • Early morning
  • Evening
  • Employment terms options
  • Morning
  • Day
  • Weekend
  • Support for newcomers and refugees
  • Does not require Canadian work experience
  • Support for youths
  • Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth
  • Supports for visible minorities
  • Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)

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