Overview

- Work Term: Temporary
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years
Tasks
- Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements
- 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
- Position and secure sheets to metal or wooden studs or joists
- 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
- Attach metal or gypsum lath to studs or furring
- Install acoustic tile, hangers for suspended ceilings and metal studs for composition wallboard or lath
- Install corner beads and wire mesh around beams to which plaster is to be applied
- Install exterior and interior steel studs
- Install metal stud framing and furring for interior drywall or plaster walls and ceilings, using hand and power tools




- Install vapour barriers and thermal and sound insulation
- Prepare wall and ceiling layouts
- Utilize laser alignment system
- 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
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Handling heavy loads
- Large workload
- Manual dexterity
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Standing for extended periods
- Tight deadlines
- Walking
- Work under pressure
Weight handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Own tools/equipment
- Hard hat
- Mask
- Safety glasses/goggles
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Tools
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Flexibility
Screening questions
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
- Are you currently a student?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?
Employment terms options
- Early morning
- Evening
Employment terms options
- Flexible hours
- Morning
- Night
- Day
- Weekend
- Overtime required
Workplace information
- On the road job
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Does not require Canadian work experience
Support for youths
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work workplace for youth

📌 Drywall installer and finisher (Toronto)
🏢 CareerBeacon
📍 Toronto