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Drywall Finisher

Posted on Dec. 9, 2025 by Aspire Drywall

Nanaimo, Canada
N/A

Full Time

Work Term: Permanent
Work Language: English
Hours: 35 to 40 hours per week
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
Work site environment
At heights
Dusty
Noisy
Outdoors
Work setting
Commercial
Residential
Various locations
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
Work conditions and physical capabilities
Bending, crouching, kneeling
Hand-eye co-ordination
Handling heavy loads
Large workload
Manual dexterity
Physically demanding
Sound discrimination
Standing for extended periods
Tight deadlines
Walking
Work under pressure
Own tools/equipment
Steel-toed safety boots
Employment terms options
Early morning
Evening
Employment terms options
Shift
Morning
Day
Weekend
Overtime required
Overtime available
Support for persons with disabilities
Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities
Support for Indigenous people
Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
Support for mature workers
Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
Supports for visible minorities
Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities