Job Description

Work site environment

• Dusty
• Noisy

Languages

• English

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Work setting

• Various locations

Experience

• Experience an asset

Responsibilities

• Prepare, measure and mark surfaces to be covered
• Mix, apply and spread mortar, cement, mastic, glue or other adhesives using hand trowel
• Set tiles in place and apply pressure to affi x them to base
• Align and straighten tiles
• Cut and fi t 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
• Estimate costs and materials

Supervision

• 1 to 2 people

Additional information

• Work conditions and physical capabilities
• Physically demanding
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Team player