Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installer Apply plasterboard or other wallboard to ceilings or interior walls of buildings. Apply or mount acoustical tiles or blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing materials to ceilings and walls of buildings to reduce or reflect sound. Materials may be of decorative quality. Includes lathers who fasten wooden, metal, or rockboard lath to walls, ceilings, or partitions of buildings to provide support base for plaster, fireproofing, or acoustical material.
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installer is Also Know as
In different settings, Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installer is titled as
- Ceiling Installer
- Dry Wall Installer
- Drywall Finisher
- Drywall Hanger
- Drywall Installer
- Drywall Mechanic
- Drywaller
- Exterior Interior Specialist
- Metal Framer
- Metal Stud Framer
Education and Training of Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installer
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installer is categorized in Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
Experience Required for Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installer
Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
Education Required for Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installer
These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
Degrees Related to Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installer
- Bachelor in Drywall Installation/Drywaller
- Associate Degree Courses in Drywall Installation/Drywaller
- Masters Degree Courses in Drywall Installation/Drywaller
Training Required for Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installer
Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
Related Ocuupations
Some Ocuupations related to Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installer in different industries are
- Sheet Metal Workers
- Tapers
- Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall
- Carpenters
- Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles
- Insulation Workers, Mechanical
- Plasterers and Stucco Masons
- Tile and Stone Setters
- Roofers
- Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers
- Structural Iron and Steel Workers
- Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
- Brickmasons and Blockmasons
- Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
- Terrazzo Workers and Finishers
- Construction Laborers
- Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
- Carpet Installers
- Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters
- Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
What Do Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installer do?
- Measure and mark surfaces to lay out work, according to blueprints or drawings, using tape measures, straightedges or squares, and marking devices.
- Read blueprints or other specifications to determine methods of installation, work procedures, or material or tool requirements.
- Fit and fasten wallboard or drywall into position on wood or metal frameworks, using glue, nails, or screws.
- Hang dry lines to wall moldings to guide positioning of main runners.
- Measure and cut openings in panels or tiles for electrical outlets, windows, vents, plumbing, or other fixtures, using keyhole saws or other cutting tools.
- Hang drywall panels on metal frameworks of walls and ceilings in offices, schools, or other large buildings, using lifts or hoists to adjust panel heights, when necessary.
- Assemble or install metal framing or decorative trim for windows, doorways, or vents.
- Coordinate work with drywall finishers who cover the seams between drywall panels.
- Trim rough edges from wallboard to maintain even joints, using knives.
- Cut and screw together metal channels to make floor or ceiling frames, according to plans for the location of rooms or hallways.
- Inspect furrings, mechanical mountings, or masonry surfaces for plumbness and level, using spirit or water levels.
- Cut fixture or border tiles to size, using keyhole saws, and insert them into surrounding frameworks.
- Cut metal or wood framing and trim to size, using cutting tools.
- Install horizontal and vertical metal or wooden studs to frames so that wallboard can be attached to interior walls.
- Scribe and cut edges of tile to fit walls where wall molding is not specified.
- Fasten metal or rockboard lath to the structural framework of walls, ceilings, or partitions of buildings, using nails, screws, staples, or wire-ties.
- Suspend angle iron grids or channel irons from ceilings, using wire.
- Seal joints between ceiling tiles and walls.
- Mount tile, using adhesives, or by nailing, screwing, stapling, or wire-tying lath directly to structural frameworks.
- Install blanket insulation between studs and tack plastic moisture barriers over insulation.
- Install metal lath where plaster applications will be exposed to weather or water, or for curved or irregular surfaces.
- Apply cement to backs of tiles and press tiles into place, aligning them with layout marks or joints of previously laid tile.
- Nail channels or wood furring strips to surfaces to provide mounting for tile.
- Wash concrete surfaces before mounting tile to increase adhesive qualities of surfaces, using washing soda and zinc sulfate solution.
- Apply or mount acoustical tile or blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing materials to ceilings or walls of buildings to reduce reflection of sound or to decorate rooms.
- Remove existing plaster, drywall, or paneling, using crowbars and hammers.
Qualities of Good Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installer
- Manual Dexterity: The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
- Arm-Hand Steadiness: The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
- Trunk Strength: The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing.
- Extent Flexibility: The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
- Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Gross Body Equilibrium: The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position.
- Static Strength: The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
- Visualization: The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
- Finger Dexterity: The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
- Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Control Precision: The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
- Multilimb Coordination: The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
- Stamina: The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.
- Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
- Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Far Vision: The ability to see details at a distance.
- Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
- Perceptual Speed: The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
- Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Dynamic Strength: The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue.
- Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Gross Body Coordination: The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion.
- Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Depth Perception: The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.
- Reaction Time: The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.
- Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Flexibility of Closure: The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
- Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
- Time Sharing: The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).
- Visual Color Discrimination: The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
- Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- Mathematical Reasoning: The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
- Rate Control: The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.
- Explosive Strength: The ability to use short bursts of muscle force to propel oneself (as in jumping or sprinting), or to throw an object.
- Spatial Orientation: The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you.
- Originality: The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
- Number Facility: The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
- Auditory Attention: The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.
- Speed of Closure: The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.
- Speed of Limb Movement: The ability to quickly move the arms and legs.
- Wrist-Finger Speed: The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
- Memorization: The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
- Glare Sensitivity: The ability to see objects in the presence of a glare or bright lighting.
- Hearing Sensitivity: The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.
- Response Orientation: The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part.
- Peripheral Vision: The ability to see objects or movement of objects to one's side when the eyes are looking ahead.
- Night Vision: The ability to see under low-light conditions.
- Sound Localization: The ability to tell the direction from which a sound originated.
- Dynamic Flexibility: The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, arms, and/or legs.
Tools Used by Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installer
- Adhesive guns
- Air compressors
- Automatic taping tools
- Box beam levels
- Bullnose trowels
- Caulking guns
- Chalk lines
- Chop saws
- Circle cutters
- Corner knives
- Crowhead hammers
- Drywall hammers
- Drywall hatchets
- Drywall jacks
- Drywall lifts
- Drywall mud mixers
- Drywall ripping tools
- Drywall routers
- Drywall saws
- Drywall scoring tools
- Drywall screw guns
- Drywall screwdrivers
- Drywall T-squares
- Drywall trowels
- Edge cutters
- Fan blade mixers
- Feather edge drywall darbies
- Hacksaws
- Heavy duty staple guns
- Inside corner trowels
- Joint knives
- Keyhole saws
- Ladders
- Laser printers
- Mini lifters
- Notebook computers
- Outside corner trowels
- Personal computers
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Pistol hopper guns
- Pole sanders
- Power drills
- Power hand sanders
- Rasps
- Respirators
- Roll lifters
- Rotary sanders
- Saber saws
- Safety harnesses
- Scaffolding
- Staple guns
- Stilts
- Tablet computers
- Tape measures
- Taping knives
- Texture brushes
- Texture guns
- Texture sprayers
- Tin snips
- Torpedo levels
- Trimming knives
- Utility knives
- Wall scrapers
- Wallboard saws
- Wallboard T-squares
- Wipe-down knives
Technology Skills required for Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installer
- Business management software
- Construction Software Center EasyEst
- DevWave Estimate Works
- Job costing software
- Logic Group Scanner Digitizing Software
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Word
- On Center Quick Bid
- Turtle Creek Software Goldenseal
- Wilhelm Publishing Threshold