Drywall taper
Job in
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Listed on 2026-07-26
Listing for:
KDT Interiors
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-07-26
Job specializations:
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Trades / Skilled Labor
Construction Labor & Trades, Installation Technician, General Labor, Building Maintenance
Job Description & How to Apply Below
- Durée de l'emploi:
Permanent - Langue de travail:
Anglais - Heures de travail: 37.5 to 40 hours per week
- Education:
- Expérience: Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate Work site environment
- Dusty
- Noisy Work setting
- Commercial
- Industrial
- Residential
- Urban area 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
- 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
- Mould and install ornamental plaster panels, cornices and trim
- 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
- Trowel or spray coats of stucco over exteriors of buildings to form weatherproof surfaces
- Attach metal or gypsum lath to studs or furring
- Cut openings in lath for heating and ventilation piping, ducts and electrical outlets
- 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
- Prepare wall and ceiling layouts
- Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms
- Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Handling heavy loads
- Large workload
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Sound discrimination
- Standing for extended periods
- Tight deadlines
- Walking Weight handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs) Own tools/equipment
- Hard hat
- Mask
- Safety glasses/goggles
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Tools Screening questions
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you currently a student?
- Do you have experience working in this field? Experience
- 3 years to less than 5 years Workplace information
- On the road job
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