604 Drywall ltd.
Halifax, NS
Posted today
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.)