Stucco Plasterer

Company: Progressive Stucco & Design Inc.

Business information: We specialize in exterior insulation and finish systems

Business Address: 30 Weirs Lane, Dundas, ON, L9H 5E3

Work Location: Multiple locations throughout Ancaster, Paris and Stoney Creek

Type of Employment: Full time – Permanent

Estimated Start Date: As soon as possible

Job Description

• Mould and install ornamental plaster panels, cornices and trim
  
• Finish corners and angles and create decorative designs in finish coat, if required
  
• Trowel or spray coats of stucco over exteriors of buildings to form weatherproof surfaces
  
• Apply, level and smooth coats of plaster
  
• Clean and prepare surfaces
  
• Spray acoustic or texture materials over walls and ceilings
  
• Cure freshly plastered surfaces
  
• Mix plaster ingredients to desired consistency
  
• Smooth out excess compound and allow coat to dry
  
• Apply successive coats of compound and sand seams and joints
  
• Position and secure sheets to metal or wooden studs or joists
  
• 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
  
• Tape over joints using taping machine and embed tape in compound
  
• Fabricate and install suspended metal ceiling grids and place in panels to form acoustical and coffered ceilings
  
• Measure, cut, fit and install drywall sheets
  
• Install corner beads and wire mesh around beams to which plaster is to be applied
  
• Prepare wall and ceiling layouts
  
• Install metal stud framing and furring for interior drywall or plaster walls and ceilings, using hand and power tools
  
• Cut openings in lath for heating and ventilation piping, ducts and electrical outlets
  
• Utilize laser alignment system
  
• Install exterior and interior steel studs
  
• Install acoustic tile, hanger for suspended ceilings and metal studs for composition wallboard or lath
  
• Attach metal or gypsum lath to studs or furring
  
• Install vapour barriers and thermal and sound insulation
  
• Estimate costs and materials
  
• Operate CADD and other computer software systems
  
• Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
  
• Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
  
• Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms
  
• Utilize enclosure and source of heat during the winter season
  
• Stabilize the heat using tarps that cover the scaffold up to the wall during the winter season
  
• Install tent structure to heat the stucco mixture during the winter season
  
• Drive to different job sites to perform job duties
  

Requirements

• Education: Completion of high school
  
• Experience: A minimum of 3 years of experience in drywall installing, stucco plastering or finishing is required. If the candidate does not have at least 3 years of experience, then a post-secondary education certificate OR Completion of a three-to four-year apprenticeship program is required OR A combination of three years of work experience and some high school, college or industry courses in plastering, drywalling or finishing will help to qualify
  
• Area of Plastering Specialization: Stucco
  
• Driver’s license is required
  
• Working Conditions and Physical Capabilities: Handling heavy loads, Hand-eye co-ordination, Repetitive tasks, Bending, crouching, kneeling, Manual dexterity, Physically demanding, Standing for extended periods.
  
• Personal suitability: Dependability, Judgement, Flexibility, Team player, Reliability, Accurate, Organized
  
• Work site environment: At heights, Noisy, Dusty, Hot, Cold/refrigerated, Outdoors
  
• Weight handling: Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)
  

Salary: $ 32.48 to $34.00 per hour, 40 Hours per week

Important information:

This position will require working 40 hours per week in the summer, a minimum of 30 hours of work per week is guaranteed during the winter time. Work day starts at 8:00 AM and finishes at 4:30 PM from Monday to Friday. The schedule during winter is from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM. Overtime might be required depending on the business needs.

Apply by e-mail to: stevebrukker@hotmail.com

Apply by fax: 905-627-2146

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