Drywall Installer

Work setting

• Commercial
• Industrial
• Residential

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Prepare tenders and quotations
• Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints
• Apply, level and smooth coats of plaster
• Clean and prepare surfaces
• Fabricate and install suspended metal ceiling grids and place in panels to form acoustical and coffered ceilings
• Tape over joints using taping machine and embed tape in compound
• Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
• Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Standing for extended periods

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Disability benefits
• Health care plan