Drywall Installer

Work site environment

• At heights
• Dusty
• Noisy
• Outdoors

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Prepare tenders and quotations
• Apply, level and smooth coats of plaster
• Clean and prepare surfaces
• 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
• Smooth out excess compound and allow coat to dry
• Trowel or spray coats of stucco over exteriors of buildings to form weatherproof surfaces
• 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
• Prepare wall and ceiling layouts
• Estimate costs and materials
• Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
• Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages