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Career Details :: Painters, Construction and Maintenance
Description
Paint walls, equipment, buildings, bridges, and other structural surfaces, using brushes, rollers, and spray guns. May remove old paint to prepare surface prior to painting. May mix colors or oils to obtain desired color or consistency.
Experience
A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Education
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
Training
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
Tasks
- Smoothes surfaces, using sandpaper, scrapers, brushes, steel wool, or sanding machine.
- Removes fixtures, such as pictures and electric switch covers, from walls prior to painting.
- Cuts stencils and brushes and sprays lettering and decorations on surfaces.
- Washes and treats surfaces with oil, turpentine, mildew remover, or other preparations.
- Burns off old paint, using blowtorch.
- Bakes finish on painted and enameled articles in baking oven.
- Covers surfaces with drop cloths or masking tape and paper to protect surface during painting.
- Fills cracks, holes, and joints with caulk putty, plaster, or other filler, using caulking gun or putty knife.
- Paints surfaces, using brushes, spray gun, or rollers.
- Reads work order or receives instructions from supervisor or homeowner.
- Applies paint to simulate wood grain, marble, brick, or stonework.
- Sprays or brushes hot plastics or pitch onto surfaces.
- Mixes and matches colors of paint, stain, or varnish.
- Sands surfaces between coats and polishes final coat to specified finish.
- Erects scaffolding or sets up ladders to work above ground level.
Related Careers
- Brickmasons and Blockmasons
- Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
- Furniture Finishers
- Helpers, Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons
- Paperhangers
- Plasterers and Stucco Masons
- Ship Carpenters and Joiners
- Stonemasons
- Tile and Marble Setters
Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Performing General Physical Activities
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
- Controlling Machines and Processes
- Implementing Ideas, Programs, etc.
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Standing
- Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
- Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
- Consequence of Error
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