Job Detail

Plasterer Specific Skills-Finish corners and angles and create decorative designs in finish coat, if required

Drywall Installer and Finisher Specific Skills-Measure, cut, fit and install drywall sheets; Cut and install metal corner beads to protect exterior corners; 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; Position and secure sheets to metal or wooden studs or joists.

Lather Specific Skills-Install exterior and interior steel studs; Install vapour barriers and thermal and sound insulation; Attach metal or gypsum lath to studs or furring; Install metal stud framing and furring for interior drywall or plaster walls and ceilings, using hand and power tools; Cut openings in lath for heating and ventilation piping, ducts and electrical outlets; Install corner beads and wire mesh around beams to which plaster is to be applied; Install acoustic tile, hangers for suspended ceilings and metal studs for composition wallboard or lath.