TRADES/SERVICES

Skill Level:

The entry requirement for this occupation is an AQF Certificate III or higher qualification. Registration or licensing may be required.

Tasks Include:

• determines plasterboard layout, and installs insulation and vapour barriers
• measures and marks reference points on plasterboard
• cuts plasterboard, lifts and positions panels and secures them to walls and ceilings, or to battens
• prepares corner beads and secures them in position
• fixes pre-cast cornices, panel mouldings, ceiling centres and other plaster fittings
• covers joins and nail holes with wet plaster or sealing compounds, and smooths them using wet brushes and sand paper
• may spray fibrous materials over surfaces to be covered

  Specialisations: Dry Wall Plasterer