Work site environment

• At heights
• Dusty
• Noisy

Work setting

• Commercial
• Industrial
• Residential
• Various locations

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements
• Supervise other workers
• Clean and prepare 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
• Finish corners and angles and create decorative designs in finish coat, if required
• 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
• Tape over joints using taping machine and embed tape in compound
• 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
• Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
• Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms