Drywall Installer Lead Hand

Work site environment

• At heights
• Dusty
• Noisy
• Outdoors

Work setting

• Rural area
• Various locations
• Work in employer’s/client’s home

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements
• 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
• 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
• Mix plaster ingredients to desired consistency
• 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
• Install acoustic tile, hangers for suspended ceilings and metal studs for composition wallboard or lath
• 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
• Prepare wall and ceiling layouts
• Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms

Supervision

• 3-4 people

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Handling heavy loads
• Repetitive tasks
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking

Weight handling

• Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs)

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Reliability

Benefits

Health benefits

• Health care plan
• Vision care benefits