(American River) Drywall Installation Degree, Program Information at American River College

A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to install, tape, and plaster drywall installations in interior and exterior construction jobs. Includes instruction in drywall handling and transport, cutting and mounting, taping and spackling, finishing, job analysis and estimation, site safety, tool operation and maintenance, blueprint and specification interpretation, and applicable codes and standards. Find Colleges Offering Drywall Installation Degree.

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First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Job Description
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of construction or extraction workers.
Important Abilities
- Oral Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Problem Sensitivity
- Deductive Reasoning
- Inductive Reasoning
- Near Vision
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
Job Description
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, fire-proofing, or acoustical material.
Salary and Wages
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA
- Total Employment: 2,170
- Average Annual Salary: $44,370
- Average Hourly Rate: $21.33
Projections
- Total Employment (2006): 185,864
- Total Employment Projected (2016): 199,393
- Percent Job Growth: 7.28%
Important Abilities
- Oral Expression
- Arm-Hand Steadiness
- Trunk Strength
- Extent Flexibility
- Gross Body Equilibrium
- Near Vision
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other