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Journeyman/woman tilesetter

  • Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
  • Langue de travail: Anglais
  • Heures de travail: 40 hours per week
  • Education:
  • Expérience:

Education

  • No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

  • Odours
  • Dusty
  • Noisy

Work setting

  • Commercial
  • Industrial
  • Institutional
  • Various locations

Tasks

  • 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
  • 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
  • Mix, lay and polish terra surfaces
  • Install tile strips

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Tilesetter Trade Certification
  • Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate

Security and safety

  • Bondable
  • Basic security clearance
  • Criminal record check
  • Driver's validity licence check

Transportation/travel information

  • Valid driver's licence
  • Own transportation
  • Own vehicle

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Physically demanding
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Ability to distinguish between colours
  • Attention to detail
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Large workload

Own tools/equipment

  • Tools
  • Steel-toed safety boots
  • Safety glasses/goggles

Personal suitability

  • Accurate
  • Client focus
  • Dependability
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Judgement
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Hardworking

Screening questions

  • Do you have experience working in this field?

Employment terms options

  • Evening
  • Morning

Experience

  • 5 years or more

Employment terms options

  • Day

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Paramedical services coverage
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

  • Group insurance benefits
  • Life insurance

Long term benefits

  • Long-term care insurance

Other benefits

  • Travel insurance