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Job Description
Operate or tend painting machines to paint surfaces of transportation equipment, such as automobiles, buses, trucks, trains, boats, and airplanes. Includes painters in auto body repair facilities.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-9122.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 46,270.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 22.00
- Currently, there are 54,860 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Painters, Transportation Equipment”.
Also Known As…
- Painters, Transportation Equipment
- Top Coater
- Paint Technician
- Paint Prepper
- Finish Painter
- Body Technician/Painter
- Automotive Refinish Technician
- Automotive Paint Technician (Auto Paint Technician)
- Auto Refinisher (Automobile Refinisher)
- Auto Painter (Automobile Painter)
- Vehicle Painter
- Transportation Equipment Painter Apprentice
- Transportation Equipment Painter
- Touch Up Painter
- Shipyard Painter
- Sandblaster Paint Sprayer
- Rust Proofer
- Refinish Technician
- Railroad Car Painter
- Railroad Car Letterer
- Pressure Washer
- Paint Specialist
- Paint Prep Technician
- Mobile Paint Specialist
- Industrial Painter
- Duco Polisher
- Doper
- Dopeman
- Dope Sprayer
- Colorman
- Car Painter
- Bronzer
- Boat Painter
- Black Off Worker
- Automotive Painter
- Auto Striper
- Aircraft Painter Apprentice
- Aircraft Painter
Tasks for “Automotive Painter”
- Clean equipment and work areas.
- Set up portable equipment, such as ventilators, exhaust units, ladders, or scaffolding.
- Lay out logos, symbols, or designs on painted surfaces, according to blueprint specifications, using measuring instruments, stencils, or patterns.
- Disassemble, clean, and reassemble sprayers or power equipment, using solvents, wire brushes, and cloths.
- Select paint according to company requirements and match paint colors, following specified color charts.
- Apply primer over any repairs made to vehicle surfaces.
- Spray prepared surfaces with specified amounts of primers and decorative or finish coatings.
- Allow the sprayed product to dry and touch up any missed spots.
- Remove accessories, such as chrome or mirrors, from vehicles and mask other surfaces with tape or paper to protect them from paint.
- Mix paints to match color specifications or vehicles' original colors, stirring or thinning paints, using spatulas or power mixing equipment.
- Use brush to hand-paint areas in need of retouching or unreachable with a spray gun.
- Pour paint into spray guns and adjust nozzles and paint mixes for proper paint flow and coating thickness.
- Select the correct spray gun system for the material being applied.
- Fill small dents or scratches with body fillers and smooth surfaces to prepare vehicles for painting.
- Apply designs, lettering, or other identifying or decorative items to finished products, using paint brushes or paint sprayers.
- Verify paint consistency, using a viscosity meter.
- Apply rust-resistant undercoats and caulk and seal seams.
- Sand and apply sealer to properly dried vehicle finish.
- Sand vehicle surfaces between coats of paint or primer to remove flaws and enhance adhesion for subsequent coats.
- Dispose of hazardous waste in an appropriate manner.
- Buff and wax the finished paintwork.
- Operate lifting or moving devices to move equipment or materials to access areas to be painted.
- Adjust controls on infrared ovens, heat lamps, portable ventilators, or exhaust units to speed the drying of vehicles between coats.
- Remove grease, dirt, paint, or rust from vehicle surfaces in preparation for paint application, using abrasives, solvents, brushes, blowtorches, washing tanks, or sandblasters.
- Monitor painting operations to identify flaws, such as blisters or streaks, and correct their causes.
Related Technology & Tools
- Rivet guns
- Respiratory protection equipment
- Paint stencils
- Air compressors
- Straight screwdrivers
- Sandblasters
- Power sanders
- Safety glasses
- Scaffolding
- Paint application rollers
- Plasma cutters
- Hydraulic jacks
- Step ladders
- Robotic paint equipment
- Paint application brushes
- Safety goggles
- Claw hammers
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
- Exhaust units
- Forklifts
- Shielded arc welding tools
- Hoisting equipment
- Paint booths
- Blow torches
- Safety gloves
- Portable buffers
- Metal inert gas MIG welding equipment
- Wire brushes
- Desktop computers
- Power paint mixers
- Pallet jacks
- Power drills
- Computer terminals
- Infrared drying lamps
- Paint sprayguns
- Oxyacetylene welding equipment
- Power buffers
- Hot air guns
- Manlift buckets
- Adjustable hand wrenches
- Viscosity meters
- Data entry software
- Maintenance management software
- Robotic painting software
- Inventory control software
- Microsoft Word
- Scheduling software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Excel