Tile installer

Job Summary

Company: Builtwise Construction Limited

Position: Tile installer

Business address: Nova Scotia

Salary: $30 to $35 per hour

Permanent employment, Full time

Starts as soon as possible

Working hours 30 to 35 hours per week

2 vacancies

Languages: English

Education: No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience: 2 years of related work experience

Responsibilities

· Prepare, measure and mark surfaces to be covered

· Mix, apply and spread mortar, cement, mastic, glue or other adhesives using hand trowel

· Prepare rough plans and sketches

· Set tiles in place and apply pressure to affix them to base

· Align and straighten tiles

· Waterproofing for barrier free and seamless washroom/shower installation

· Cut and fit tiles around obstacles and openings using hand and power cutting tools

· Instruct apprentices

· Pack grout into joints between tiles and remove excess grout

· Remove and replace cracked or damaged tiles

· Supervise other workers

· Lay and set mosaic tiles to create decorative wall, mural and floor designs

· Build underbeds and install anchor bolts, wires and brackets

· Cut, surface, polish and install marble and granite

· Estimate costs and materials

· Mix, lay and polish terra surfaces

· Install tile strips

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

· This position requires a minimum Part 1 Schluter Training Certification, Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate, Fall Arrest Protection Training Course

Additional knowledge required:

· Expertise in waterproofing for barrier free and seamless washroom and shower installation is required

· Expertise in creating required slope and drainage requirements for barrier free shower systems is required

Work conditions and physical capabilities:

· Physically demanding

· Handling heavy loads

· bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability:

· dependability judgement

· reliability

· team player

Apply to: [email protected]

Pay: $30.00-$35.00 per hour

Work Location: In person