Drywall taper
Job in
Abbotsford, BC, Canada
Listed on 2026-02-15
Listing for:
KHUS DRYWALL
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-02-15
Job specializations:
-
Trades / Skilled Labor
Construction Labor / Trades, General Labor, Installation Technician, Building Maintenance
Job Description & How to Apply Below
- Work Term:
Permanent - Work Language:
English - Hours:
40 hours per week - Education:
No degree, certificate or diploma - Experience:
2 years to less than 3 years Work site environment - At heights
- Dusty
- Hot
- Outdoors 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
- Fabricate and install suspended metal ceiling grids and place in panels to form acoustical and coffered ceilings
- 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
- Tape over joints using taping machine and embed tape in compound Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Handling heavy loads
- Manual dexterity
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Sound discrimination
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Work under pressure Weight handling
- Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs) Own tools/equipment
- Safety glasses/goggles
- Steel-toed safety boots Personal suitability
- Dependability
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Team player Employment terms options
- Day Support for persons with disabilities
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities Support for newcomers and refugees
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees Support for youths
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth Support for Veterans
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans Support for Indigenous people
- Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers Support for mature workers
- Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers Supports for visible minorities
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities
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