Languages
English
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience
Will train
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site environment
- At heights
- Cold/refrigerated
- Dusty
- Hot
- Noisy
- Outdoors
Work setting
- Commercial
- Industrial
- Residential
- Various locations
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Prepare tenders and quotations
- Instruct apprentices
- Supervise other workers
- 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
- 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
- Estimate costs and materials
- Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
- Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Handling heavy loads
- Large workload
- Manual dexterity
- Overtime required
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Sound discrimination
- Standing for extended periods
- Tight deadlines
- Walking
- Work under pressure
Weight handling
- Up to 9 kg (20 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Team player
