干墙安装工

Drywall installers typically do the following:

• Reviews design plans to minimize the number of cuts and waste of wallboard.
• Measures the location of electrical outlets, plumbing, windows, and vents.
• Cuts drywall to the right size, using utility knives and power saws.
• Fastens drywall panels to interior wall studs, using nails or screws.
• Trim sand smooth rough edges so boards join evenly.

Ceiling tile installers typically do the following:

• Measures according to blueprints or drawings.
• Nails or screws supports.
• Puts tiles or sheets of shock-absorbing materials on ceilings.
• Keeps the tile in place with cement adhesive, nails, or screws.
• Sometimes called acoustical carpenters because they work with tiles that block sound.

Tapers typically do the following:

• Prepares wall surface (wallboard) by patching nail holes.
• Applies tape and use sealing compound to cover joints between wallboards.
• Applies additional coats of sealing compound to create an even surface.
• Sands all joints and holes to a smooth, seamless finish.

Installers are also called framers or hangers. Tapers are also called finishers.

• Manual dexterity: good with your hands
• 手眼协调
• Critical thinking and problem-solving: You will encounter unexpected problems and you will have to figure them out in a timely fashion.
• 注重细节
• 体力和耐力

• Works indoors.
• Pretty physically demanding: workers spend most of the day standing, bending, or stretching, and they often must lift and maneuver heavy, oversized wallboards.
• In order too work on ceilings, may have to stand on stilts, ladders, or scaffolds.
• Must wear protective masks, goggles, and gloves.

• Drywall contractor company: Range from mom and pop shop (4-8) to large shops (200+)
• Facilities and Building Maintenance

• Union negotiates competitive rates: For example) In SF Bay Area, $40.37 per hour as journeyman which is the position after you are an apprentice.
• 全面的医疗福利（医疗、牙科、视力）。
• 退休金
• 年金
• Access to better jobs and amazing opportunities.

“I’ve worked on the Golden Gate bridge, the top of the tower of the new Bay Bridge, and every aspect of the California Academy of Sciences. Those opportunities would not have been given to me if I wasn’t a union painter.” Robert Williams III, Business Rep, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 16, Northern California

Injuries: Common injuries include falls from ladders or stilts, cuts from sharp tools, and muscle strains from lifting heavy materials.

• Building and fixing things! : working with your hands.
• 在外面的大自然中。
• 体育
• Anything mechanical: Working on cars.

"我们中的一些人，我们比其他人有更多的尼安德特人的DNA。你必须能够以最好的方式来表达这一点。我们都有一种可以展示的创造力，这就是找到展示这种创造力的方式。有些人可以在电脑后面做这个，其他的人能够建造一个建筑物是很好的。这一切都属于那种让你感到活着的存在感。" 罗伯特-威廉姆斯三世，北加州国际油漆工及相关行业工会第16区委员会业务代表