drywall installer

Additional Skills

• Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages

Weight Handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Work Setting

• Residential
• Commercial

Own Tools/Equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots
• Hard hat
• Safety glasses/goggles
• Mask

Work Site Environment

• Outdoors
• At heights
• Noisy
• Dusty

Transportation/Travel Information

• Vehicle supplied by employer

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities

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

Work Location Information

• Rural area
• Urban area
• Various locations

Personal Suitability

• Team player
• Dependability
• Judgement
• Reliability

Drywall Installer and Finisher Specific Skills

• Measure, cut, fit and install drywall sheets
• 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
• Tape over joints using taping machine and embed tape in compound
• Fabricate and install suspended metal ceiling grids and place in panels to form acoustical and coffered ceilings
• Smooth out excess compound and allow coat to dry
• Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints
• Position and secure sheets to metal or wooden studs or joists