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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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