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Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
SOC 51-9123.00
Paint, coat, or decorate articles such as furniture, glass, plateware, pottery, jewelry, toys, books, or leather.
Zone 2
Production
8
Skills
8
Knowledge
2
Job Zone
No
Green
Top Skills 8
Critical Thinking
2.9
Monitoring
2.9
Active Listening
2.8
Social Perceptiveness
2.8
Reading Comprehension
2.6
Speaking
2.6
Time Management
2.6
Coordination
2.5
Knowledge Areas 8
Production and Processing
4.0
Sales and Marketing
3.1
Design
3.0
Mechanical
2.9
Transportation
2.8
Customer and Personal Service
2.5
Fine Arts
2.5
Public Safety and Security
2.2
Key Tasks
1Apply coatings, such as paint, ink, or lacquer, to protect or decorate workpiece
surfaces, using spray guns, pens, or brushes.
2Examine finished surfaces of workpieces to verify conformance to specifications and
retouch any defective areas.
3Clean and maintain tools and equipment, using solvents, brushes, and rags.
4Read job orders and inspect workpieces to determine work procedures and materials
required.
5Clean surfaces of workpieces in preparation for coating, using cleaning fluids,
solvents, brushes, scrapers, steam, sandpaper, or cloth.
Also Known As
Air Brush Decorator
Air Brush Operator
Airbrush Painter
Animated Cartoons Painter
Apprentice, Painter, Brush
Apprentice, Painter, Hand
Art Gilder
Artist
Assembler
Babbitter
Tools & Equipment
Banding wheels
Belt dryers
Cleaning brushes
Cleaning scrapers
Computer inkjet printers
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