Drywall Taper

Work site environment

• Dusty

Work setting

• Various locations
• Work in employer's/client's home

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Prepare tenders and quotations
• Instruct apprentices
• Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints
• Apply, level and smooth coats of plaster
• 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
• Measure, cut, fit and install drywall sheets
• Position and secure sheets to metal or wooden studs or joists
• Tape over joints using taping machine and embed tape in compound
• Install metal stud framing and furring for interior drywall or plaster walls and ceilings, using hand and power tools
• Estimate costs and materials
• Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Standing for extended periods
• Tight deadlines
• Work under pressure

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

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