Drywall Taper

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
• Cure freshly plastered 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
• Measure, cut, fit and install drywall sheets
• Mould and install ornamental plaster panels, cornices and trim
• Tape over joints using taping machine and embed tape in compound
• Install exterior and interior steel studs
• Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
• Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms