Drywall Taper

Work site environment

• Dusty
• Noisy

Work setting

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

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints
• Apply, level and smooth coats of plaster
• Clean and prepare surfaces
• Cure freshly plastered 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
• Mix plaster ingredients to desired consistency
• Tape over joints using taping machine and embed tape in compound

Supervision

• 1 to 2 people