Industrial Painter Job Description
Industrial Painter Duties & Responsibilities
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Industrial Painter Qualifications
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Education for Industrial Painter
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Employers hiring for the industrial painter job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as High School and Collage Degree in General Education, Technical, Education, Industrial, Painting, Welding, Manufacturing
Skills for Industrial Painter
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Desired experience for industrial painter includes:
Industrial Painter Examples
Industrial Painter Job Description
- The primary working surface is concrete
- Work activities are performed both indoors and outdoors
- Indoor temperatures fluctuate from winter to summer
- Work in wet conditions
- Temperatures range from 30 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit
- Special clothing is required in this occupation
- Work from process sheets, repair orders, specifications and instructions to determine colors and areas to paint on machine surfaces
- Operate various types of grinders, use wire brush, files, sandpaper to remove scale, burrs, clean, grind, and prepare metal for painting operations
- Tape and mask unit to protect areas not to be painted
- Add thinners as necessary to obtain proper paint viscosity
- The duties of a painter involve erecting and dismantling scaffolding, placing insulation on the domes portion of the holding tanks, grinding slag marks, sandblasting the inside of the tank, removing the used sand, papering the welded seams and spray-painting the inside of the tanks
- Required to lift and move up to 100 lbs
- Required to pass respirator qualification process
- Experience with multiple component coating and sandblast
- Drive/Operate industrial equipment (forklifts, tractor, wave, etc)
- Will be required to be blood borne pathogen trained
Industrial Painter Job Description
- Exercise care to prevent runs, lags, dry spray and dirt
- Sandblast parts in cabinet type table blast
- Use portable and stand abrasive belt grinders, portable disc grinders and buffing wheels to snag, grind and polish parts
- Assemble sections of machines such as feed end, flexo, die cutter, slotter-creaser and the various combinations thereof as indicated by customer specifications
- Assemble gear trains and idler gears, check and make necessary adjustments to obtain proper backlash
- Assemble bearings in gears and on studs
- Mount open and closing motors, fountain and main drive motors
- Paint small items and apply touch ups using touch up guns
- 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
- Demonstrates team building, leadership and mentoring skills
- Trained in tank entry permits (confined space training)
- Knowledge of general paint preparation
- Works well under pressure, manages priorities efficiently
- Experience as an Industrial Painter
- Regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles of toxic or caustic chemicals with air mask provided
Industrial Painter Job Description
- Protect and prime surfaces, as appropriate
- All responsibilities must be carried out while ensuring compliance with local occupational safety, health and air pollution control regulations including volatile organic compounds (VOC) and with all safety precautions recommended by paint manufacturers
- Use both automatic and bench style power sand blasters to remove existing rust and slag
- Self-motivated and able to complete duties beyond those specifically laid-out by supervisors
- Focused and committed to a safe and hazard-free work environment
- Accomplish additional duties put forth by the supervisor
- Application of paint, stain, varnish, enamel, and other finishes to equipment, buildings, floors and/or other structures using brushes, rollers
- Stand in for the Supervisor if and when required
- Safely perform preparation, painting, and detailing of aerospace structures under minimal supervision
- Use industrial spayer to coat metal parts
- MUST have experience as an Industrial Painter
- Must have experience with two part epoxy paints and airless spray machines
- Rail/tank car experience prefered
- Proficient at most interior coatings & applications
- Must have 3+ years experience in industrial and/or automotive painting
- Must be familiar in proper preparation of metallic surfaces and in applying urethane, epoxy, acrylic, and oil-based paints using spray guys
Industrial Painter Job Description
- Apply primers or sealers to prepare new surfaces, such as bare wood or metal, for finish coats
- Calculate amounts of required materials and estimate costs, based on surface measurements or work orders
- Review paint specifications on new job releases, evaluate and requisition supplies as needed
- Assist with the selection and evaluation of suppliers for overall quality objectives and costs
- Prepare parts for application of primers and paints
- Use plugs or other means to mask tapped holes on tables, mass bars and other parts
- Allocate painted items to job specific areas or to the crib and provide job status information through verbal or written means to production coordinator
- Monitor and maintain paint, job and section master paint lists
- Some disassembly and assembly of mechanical components
- Read specifications, blueprints, diagrams and schematic drawings to determine work procedures
- Ability and willingness to wear personal protective equipment, for example safety glasses, gloves, ear plugs, safety shoes, and respirator
- Minimum of 6 months of industrial painting experience
- Must be able to work up to a 12 hour shift
- Must be willing to fluctuate hours to accommodate needs
- Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
- Be able to titrate and adjust chemical level of seven-stage spray wash
Industrial Painter Job Description
- Operate high pressure washing equipment and powered industrial trucks
- Safely work from heights using aerial platform, scaffolding, and ladders
- Properly remove hazardous chemicals/materials
- Manage and execute industrial cleaning activities
- Work with an assigned team or act alone when handling customer work orders
- Masks over parts and areas that are not to be blasted
- Masks over parts and areas that are not to be coated
- Coats areas inaccessible to hand sprayer with brush
- Locate and/or move all items to be painted into the proper area
- Prepare paint, including selection, mixing and measuring
- Have ability to change over color modules for paint booths
- Must be able to read and understand bill of material
- Must have experience using spray guns or hoses for painting purposes
- Warehouse experience preferred but not mandatory
- The ability to lift up to 50lbs when needed
- Be a team player and have a great attitude