Job description Spray Painter in the West Coast–Northern Peninsula–Labrador Region

Find out what work is like for a spray painter in Canada. This work description is applicable to all Industrial painters, coaters and metal finishing process operators (NOC 94213).

Industrial painters, coaters and metal finishing process operators

Description

Industrial painters and coaters operate and tend machines or use brushes and spray equipment to apply paint, enamel, lacquer or other non-metallic protective and decorative coatings to surfaces of various products. Metal finishing process operators operate machines or equipment to deposit metallized substances on workpieces and surfaces to provide decorative, protective and restorative coatings. These workers are employed by manufacturing companies and custom refinishing, coating and plating shops.

Job duties

Here are some of the main activities and tasks that Industrial painters, coaters and metal finishing process operators have to perform, and some of the physical demands they involve:

  • Industrial painters and coaters
  • Select appropriate paint or mix paints using automated paint mixing equipment according to a predetermined formula
  • Operate or tend equipment to clean, wash, strip, sand, remove corrosion, fill dents or otherwise prepare items for application of paint, lacquer or other protective or decorative coatings
  • Operate or tend automated spray paint, dip or flow coating equipment or other mechanized painting or product coating application equipment
  • Operate hand-held spray guns to spray paint or coat stationary items or items on moving conveyor system with protective or decorative coatings
  • Paint small items and apply touch-ups using paint brushes
  • Clean and maintain painting and coating, ventilation, compressed air and personal protective equipment
  • May prepare and apply stencils, computer-generated decals or other decorative items on finished products.
  • Industrial metal finishing process operators
  • Prepare and mix metallizing solutions according to formulas or specifications
  • Operate or tend equipment to clean, degrease, pickle and etch metal and non-metal surfaces to prepare workpieces with desired surface characteristics
  • Tend automatic metal coating machines which convey objects through a series of cleaning, rinsing and plating solutions
  • Operate and control electroplating equipment to coat metal and other workpieces
  • Operate hot-dip metal plating equipment to galvanize metal and other workpieces
  • Operate spray equipment to build up worn or damaged parts or to bond protective or decorative coatings on various objects
  • Check proper thickness of plating using micrometers, calipers or other devices
  • May operate equipment to polish metallic surfaces of products
  • May tend ovens which cure metal coating.

Physical demands

Physical demands are the physical activities that the job requires the worker to do. Physical demands are selected according to the likeliness that workers will have to perform them for at least half of the time they spend at work.

Work environment

The work environment refers to the physical setting in which people work. The characteristics and conditions of the work environment are selected according to the likeliness that workers will be exposed to them at least once a week.

Physical proximity from others

Physical proximity from others refers to the physical distance between individuals in the workplace. The likeliness that the job requires to perform tasks while being physically close to other people is rated on a scale with 3 levels: "Somewhat close", "Close" and "Very close".

Related job titles

Here are some other related job titles that are found in the same occupational category (NOC 94213), and a list of similar occupations:

  • assembly line painter
  • automatic paint-sprayer operator
  • automobile painter - motor vehicle manufacturing
  • aviation painter
  • ceramic and enamel refinisher
  • coating machine operator - industrial painting and coating
  • electrogalvanizing machine operator
  • enameller - ship and boat building
  • hot-dip galvanizer - metal plating
  • industrial products painter
  • metal coater operator
  • metal electroplater
  • production painter-finisher
  • spray paint operator

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Sources Occupational and Skills Information System & National Occupational Classification

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