powder coater

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work site environment

• Dusty
• Noisy
• Odours

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Clean work area
• Organize and maintain inventory
• Read and interpret blueprints/sketches/specifications
• Check proper thickness of plating using micrometers, callipers or other devices
• Clean and maintain equipment
• Operate and control: electroplating equipment to coat metal, hot-dip metal plating equipment to galvanize metal and/or spray equipment to build up worn or damaged parts
• Paint small items and apply touch-ups using paint brushes
• Prepare and apply stencils, decals or other decorative items on finished products
• Prepare and mix metallizing solutions according to formulas or specifications
• Select appropriate paint or mix paints
• Tend automatic metal coating machines which convey objects through a series of cleaning, rinsing and plating solutions
• Tend or operate equipment to prepare items for application of protective or decorative coatings
• Tend or operate equipment to spray or coat

Experience and specialization

Type of product

• Construction materials or coatings
• General metal products

Type of paints or coatings

• Catalyzed or polymerized paints
• Drying oils paint
• Fire retardant coatings
• Metallized coatings
• Oil-based or emulsion paints

Application methods

• Automated spray painting
• Brush or pencil
• Electrostatic method
• Hand-held spray guns

Equipment and machinery experience

• Automatic metal coating machinery
• Metal spray equipment

Type of industry experience

• Automobile and Trucking industry
• Component manufacturing industry
• Construction industry

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks

Benefits

Other benefits

• Parking available