Seattle - Plasterer

Role Responsibilities:

Plastering and Fireproofing entails a great deal of dexterity and speed. It involves the coating of internal walls, ceilings and steel structures with different types of plaster/fireproofing products while maintaining the necessary production and quality required to complete a project and meet the customers’ expectations.

Plaster Tasks:

• Applies coats of plaster to interior walls, ceilings, and partitions of buildings, to produce finished surface, according to blueprints, architect's drawings, or oral instructions, using hand tools and portable power tools: Directs workers to mix plaster to desired consistency and to erect scaffolds.
• Spreads plaster over lath or masonry base, using trowel, and smooths plaster with a float to attain uniform thickness.
• Applies scratch, brown, or finish coats of plaster to wood, metal, or board lath successively.
• Roughens undercoat with scratcher to provide bond for succeeding coats of plaster.
• Creates decorative textures in finish coat by marking surface of coat with brush and trowel or by spattering surface with pebbles.
• May apply plaster with spray gun/nozzle.
• Reporting to lead man or foreman

Fireproofing tasks:

• Masking and cleaning of any finishes.
• Erecting/dismantling of scaffolding pertaining to Fireproofing activities.
• Setting up necessary equipment.
• Reading and understanding of structural drawings.
• Application of fireproofing products.
• May perform maintenance work on fireproofing equipment.
• Reporting to lead man or foreman.

Accountability:

Plasterers and fireproofers are responsible for the production and quality of the products they install. Safety, timely production, and quality are the main responsibilities of plasterers and fireproofers with an emphasis in working safely and maintaining a safe work environment. Plasterers and fireproofers must work within precise limits and standards of accuracy. For example: fireproofers and plasterers must plan work and select the proper tools; compare and see differences in the size, shape, and form of lines, figures, and objects; picture solid objects from drawings or diagrams; perform a variety of duties which may change often; and rate information using standards that can be measured or checked. Physically, plasterers and fireproofers must be able to: Climb and maintain balance on scaffolds and ladders, reach for, handle, and manipulate objects and materials, lift and carry objects weighing up to 50 pounds, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl.

Anning-Johnson Co and Restec Contractors Inc are Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employers. It is the policy of the Company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.