Drywall, Acoustic and Lathing Applicator
A Drywall, Acoustic and Lathing Applicator erects exterior structural steel studs and sheathing, shaft wall systems, installs and finishes lath and drywall, partition walls and furring, ceiling systems and access flooring types as well as applies thermal and sound insulation. Specifically, a Drywall, Acoustic and Lathing Applicator:
- reads, interprets, and applies blueprints and specifications for job layout
- erects exterior structural steels studs and sheathing
- erects light gauge residential steel studs, sheathing and demountable partitions
- applies thermal insulation, sound insulation, and fire stopping
- installs partition walls and furring and shaft wall systems
- installs lath, drywall, moulded and cast forms and ceiling systems
Red Seal trade
Apprenticeship Resources
Apprenticeship Training Standard (PDF) Curriculum Training Standard – Level 1 & 2 (PDF) Trade ReportAPPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
An apprenticeship training program consists of on-the-job and in-school training.
The Registrar of Skilled Trades Ontario, under the authority of section 14 of the Building Opportunities in the Skilled Trades Act, 2021, has set the hours of apprenticeship training for the trade Drywall, Acoustic and Lathing Applicator at 5,400 (approximately three years), which consists of 4,800 hours on the job work experience and 600 hours of in-school training. These hours are consistent with apprentice training hours previously set out in regulation under the Trades Qualification and Apprenticeship Act, R.S.O 1990.
ON-THE-JOB TRAINING
An apprenticeship involves practical training provided on-the-job by a skilled worker, or trainer. The skills or competencies to be developed are set out by the trade’s Apprenticeship Training Standard and are recognized by the industry as being essential to the practice of the trade.
As these essential skills are developed, the apprentice’s sponsor or trainer signs the relevant sections of the training standard to indicate that the apprentice has met the individual training objectives by demonstrating the skills required of a skilled worker, or journeyperson, in the trade.
IN-SCHOOL TRAINING
A Drywall, Acoustic and Lathing Applicator apprenticeship includes two levels of theoretical training, which includes but is not limited to instruction in:
- trade knowledge and safety orientation
- trade calculations
- plan reading
- partitions and curtain walls
- suspended ceiling systems
- residential steel-stud construction
- thermal and sound theory and application
- geometry theory and application
- metal cutting and welding
- drywall partitions and ceilings
- raised-access flooring
Depending on the training delivery agency, in-school training may be available in one of the following ways:
- block release (full-time, for a set number of weeks)
- day release (one day per week from September to June)
- part-time (night-school programs)
- alternative delivery (online, correspondence, etc.)
Drywall, Acoustic and Lathing Applicator is a trade named under the Building Opportunities in the Skilled Trades Act, 2021.
This trade has an apprenticeship program that is administered by Skilled Trades Ontario. Upon completion of an apprenticeship program, Skilled Trades Ontario issues a Certificate of Apprenticeship.
This trade has a certifying exam. When the certifying exam is passed, Skilled Trades Ontario will issue a Certificate of Qualification in this trade. Because this trade is non-compulsory, this certificate does not have to be renewed, and the information of individuals practicing this trade will not appear on the Skilled Trades Ontario Public Register.
In Ontario, the trade is part of the Interprovincial Red Seal Program—the national standard for the trade across Canada — under the title Lather (Interior Systems Mechanic): www.red-seal.ca.