drywall installer

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma.

Tasks

• Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints.
• 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.
• Measure, cut, fit and install drywall sheets.
• 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.
• Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications.

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Bending, crouching, kneeling.
• Hand-eye co-ordination.
• Manual dexterity.
• Standing for extended periods.