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Posted: 09/27/2024 Employment Type: Full-Time Specialization: Skilled Trades Job Number: 31872

Job Description

Recruiting in Motion is a successful and dynamic professional employment agency that has become deeply integrated into Metro Vancouver’s business sector as the go-to agency for the recruitment and placement of outstanding employees. BC-owned and operated, we ensure all our candidates — temporary, contract, permanent, or executive — are provided with exciting and impressive employment opportunities. In fact, we are ranked as one of Growth 500 Canada's fastest-growing companies and we represent BC's TOP Employers!

About our Client

We are assisting the Provincial Health Services Authority with several important roles throughout Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley Regions. PHSA has a unique role in BC's health authority system: to ensure that BC residents have access to a coordinated provincial network of high-quality specialized healthcare services. PHSA works in partnership with the province's health authorities and healthcare professionals to improve access to evidence-informed practice closer to where people live and to effectively promote health, manage chronic conditions, and reduce the burden of illness. From conducting ground-breaking research to training tomorrow's professionals to setting province-wide standards, and providing top-notch compassionate patient care to our leaders, health professionals, and staff consistently seek system-wide improvements with an emphasis on prevention, health promotion, and protection.

POSITION: PAINTER - PHSA

JOB TYPE: Permanent

STARTING WAGE: $36.48/hr

WORKING HOURS: 7 am to 3 pm

START DATE: ASAP

LOCATION: BC Children's and Women's Hospital and Health Centre - 4500 Oak St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1

Responsibilities

- Communicate with the Carpentry Supervisor to get instructions on basic maintenance and building requirements pertaining to planned painting and signage work
- Examines work requests, consults with user departments on specifications and other project requirements, and interprets blueprints, drawings, and specifications to determine the tools and materials needed
- Prepares a variety of surfaces for painting by removing existing paint, taping, filling cracks, scraping and sanding existing surfaces, and applying putty and/or plaster, as necessary. Prepares paint and other applicable finishes
- Chooses and uses a number of instruments, including brushes, paint rollers, sprayers, and hand power tools, to choose and apply coatings, such as paint, varnish, and stains, to a variety of interior and exterior surfaces
- Assembles different types of signage for coverage of surfaces by cutting vinyl lettering, choosing and cutting the right blackboard, and installing lettering onto the blackboard. This work also involves minor repairs and the installation of ceramic tiles
- Cleans prepares, and paints all external fire hydrants; paints parking lines, concrete retaining walls, parking stops, lettering, numbering, and directional arrows all over the site's parking lots, loading docks, and roads
- Assigns work duties to designated workers, offers training and orientation in connection with those activities, and organizes staging, scaffolding, and rigging
- Monitors the inventory of all supplies, equipment, and tools and follows up with related reports and records
- Ad-hoc duties as required

Qualifications

- Certificate of Apprenticeship or Trades Qualification Certificate as a journeyman Painter and Decorator recognized by the Province of BC is required
- A minimum of 2 years of experience is necessary
- Impressive communication skills both oral and written
- Works well with others and in a team
- Ability to carry out the job
- Capability to read and understand drawings, blueprints, and specifications
- Self-driven and motivated

How to Apply

All applicants must have legal permission to work in Canada and require a valid Work Permit and Social Insurance Number.

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