Overview

- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 80 hours bi-weekly
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years
Work site workplace
- At heights
- Dusty
- Noisy
- Outdoors
Work setting
- Commercial
- Residential
- Various locations
- Renovation
- Repair
- Construction site
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
- 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
- Mix plaster ingredients to desired consistency
- Mould and install ornamental plaster panels, cornices and trim
- Smooth out excess compound and allow coat to dry
- Spray acoustic or texture materials over walls and ceilings
- Tape over joints using taping machine and embed tape in compound
- Trowel or spray coats of stucco over exteriors of buildings to form weatherproof surfaces




- Attach metal or gypsum lath to studs or furring
- Install corner beads and wire mesh around beams to which plaster is to be applied
- Install vapour barriers and thermal and sound insulation
- Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
- Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms
Transportation/travel information
- Own vehicle
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Handling heavy loads
- Manual dexterity
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Standing for extended periods
- Tight deadlines
Weight handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Own tools/equipment
- Hard hat
- Mask
- Safety glasses/goggles
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Tools
- Safety vest
- Gloves
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Reliability
- Team player
Screening questions
- Do you have experience working in this field?
Employment terms options
- Morning
- Day
- Weekend

📌 Plasterer (Calgary)
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📍 Calgary