Drywall Installer

Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements

Prepare tenders and quotations

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

Measure, cut, fit and install drywall sheets

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

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

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

Estimate costs and materials

Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages

Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms