drywall installer and finisher

Posted on September 25, 2026

Job Description

drywall installer and finisher

Job Details

• Employer: Hamilton Drywall Inc
• Location: Hamilton, Ontario
• Wage: 36.50 hourly / 37.5 hours per week
• Hours: See wage line for hours per week
• Vacancies: 1

Requirements

• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year
• Languages: English

Responsibilities

• Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements
• Prepare tenders and quotations
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Mould and install ornamental plaster panels, cornices and trim
• 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
• Trowel or spray coats of stucco over exteriors of buildings to form weatherproof surfaces
• Install acoustic tile, hangers for suspended ceilings and metal studs for composition wallboard or lath
• Install corner beads and wire mesh around beams to which plaster is to be applied
• 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
• Estimate costs and materials

How to Apply

Apply by mail to:
Hamilton Drywall Inc
, Hamilton, ON L8L 5C9