工业油漆工、涂层工和金属表面处理操作员

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.

Secondary school education is usually required.

Some experience in operating production machinery or equipment may be required.

Several months of on-the-job training are usually provided.

Some industrial painters, such as aviation painters, may require specialized training and certification or college courses.

Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.

Auto body collision, refinishing and glass technicians and damage repair estimators (See 72411 Auto body collision, refinishing and glass technicians and damage repair estimators)

Furniture and fixture assemblers, finishers, refinishers and inspectors (See 94210 Furniture and fixture assemblers, finishers, refinishers and inspectors)

Machining tool operators (See 94106 Machining tool operators)

Painters and decorators (except interior decorators) (See 73112 Painters and decorators (except interior decorators))

Supervisors, motor vehicle assembling (See 92020 Supervisors, motor vehicle assembling)

Supervisors, other mechanical and metal products manufacturing (See 92023 Supervisors, other mechanical and metal products manufacturing)

Supervisors, plastic and rubber products manufacturing (See 92013 Supervisors, plastic and rubber products manufacturing)