industrial spray painter

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• or equivalent experience

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

On site

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

Work site environment

• Confined spaces
• Dusty
• Hot
• Noisy
• Odours

Work setting

• Willing to relocate

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Clean work area
• Organize and maintain inventory
• 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

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• First Aid Certificate

Experience and specialization

Type of product

• Aircraft or motor vehicles
• Construction materials or coatings
• General metal products
• Ornamental ironwork

Surface preparation methods

• Abrasive head blasting
• Masking
• Removing old coatings manually
• Sandblasters
• Water blasting

Type of paints or coatings

• Drying oils paint
• Metallized coatings
• Resinous, solvent drying paints

Application methods

• Airless gravity pump
• Automated spray painting
• Brush or pencil
• Hand-held spray guns

Equipment and machinery experience

• Automatic metal coating machinery
• Galvanizing equipment
• Hot-dip metal plating equipment
• Metal spray equipment

Type of industry experience

• Automobile and Trucking industry
• Construction industry
• Rail industry

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Driving record check (abstract)

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Fast-paced environment
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Handling heavy loads
• Manual dexterity
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Standing for extended periods

Own tools/equipment

• Ear plugs
• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player

Benefits

Health benefits

• Health care plan