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Skills And Abilities
Work setting
- Various locations
Tasks
- Apply, level and smooth coats of plaster
- Clean and prepare surfaces
- Finish corners and angles and create decorative designs in finish coat, if required
- Mix plaster ingredients to desired consistency
- Mould and install ornamental plaster panels, cornices and trim
- Trowel or spray coats of stucco over exteriors of buildings to form weatherproof surfaces
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Standing for extended periods
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Continuous learning
Additional Skills
- Work at heights
- Supervise other workers
Specific Skills
- Tape over joints with tape and compound
- Sand seams and joints
- Mix plaster ingredients to desired consistency
- Install exterior and interior steel studs
- Install vapour barriers and thermal and sound insulation
- Finish corners and angles
- Fill joints, nail indentations, holes and cracks
- Erect scaffolding
- Cut and install metal corner beads
- Clean and prepare surfaces
- Apply, level and smooth coats of plaster
Area of Plastering Specialization
- Stucco
Type of Establishment/Work Setting Experience
- Residential
- Industrial
- Commercial
Major Work Area
- Repair
- Construction