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- NOC 2006 Version 1.0
9496 – Painters and Coaters - Industrial
Painters and coaters in this unit group tend and operate machines or use brushes and spray equipment to apply paint, enamel, lacquer or other non-metallic protective and decorative coatings to surfaces of various products. They are employed by manufacturing companies, specialized coating shops and refinishing establishments.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Airbrush painter
- Aircraft painter
- Assembly line painter, automobiles
- Assembly painter
- Automatic paint-sprayer operator
- Automobile assembly line painter
- Automobile assembly painter
- Automobile dipper-painter
- Automobile painter - motor vehicle manufacturing
- Aviation painter
- Bathtub refinisher
- Bathtub varnisher
- Bench lacquer sprayer
- Bench spray painter
- Block sander and glazier
- Boiler painter
- Brush painter, production
- Brush stainer - production
- Car painter - manufacturing
- Ceramic and enamel refinisher
- Ceramic enameler
- Ceramic painter
- Ceramic spray painter
- Ceramic sprayer
- Cleaner-coater, vehicles
- Coater-painter, pipes
- Coater, rustproof - motor vehicle manufacturing
- Coating equipment operator
- Coating machine operator - industrial painting and coating
- Coating machine operator, production
- Coating machine tender - product manufacturing
- Coating machine tender, pencils
- Coating oven tender - manufacturing
- Coating tank dipper
- Crester
- Cylinder painter - industrial
- Decal applier
- Dip tank attendant
- Dipper operator, paint and varnish
- Dipper-baker
- Dipper, coating tank
- Dipper, coil springs
- Dipper, enamel
- Dipping tank operator
- Dipping tank tender
- Drum painter
- Electrostatic machine painter
- Electrostatic painter
- Electrostatic painting line tender
- Electrostatic painting machine operator
- Electrostatic painting machine set-up operator
- Elpo tank attendant
- Enamel baker - manufacturing
- Enamel dipper
- Enamel painter
- Enameller
- Enameller - industrial painting and coating
- Enameller - ship and boat building
- Enameller, ceramic
- Enameller, electrical equipment
- Enameller, tin can dipping
- Enamelling machine tender
- Engine and generator support painter
- Final colour production painter
- Finished enamel sprayman/woman
- Finished vehicle paint repairman/woman
- Finishing roller industrial painter
- Gilder, metal-leaf
- Hand touch-up painter - production
- Hardboard spray-coating machine tender
- Industrial coater
- Industrial paint baker
- Industrial paint dipper
- Industrial paint finisher
- Industrial paint mixer
- Industrial paint sprayer operator
- Industrial painter
- Industrial painter, finishing rollers
- Industrial products painter
- Industrial spray painter
- Inspector, paint spray
- Lacquer sprayer, bench
- Lacquer-sprayer
- Lacquer-sprayer, products
- Large surface spray painter
- Lead hand, industrial painters
- Leather goods spray painter
- Leather goods sprayer
- Letterer, railway cars
- Letterer, signs
- Locomotive painter
- Machine enameller
- Manufacturing painter
- Metal product spray painter
- Metal-leaf gilder
- Motor and generator subassemblies painter
- Motor vehicle painter - motor vehicle manufacturing
- Oven tender - painting and coating
- Paint and mix production and control operator
- Paint and varnish dipper operator
- Paint baking oven tender
- Paint control operator
- Paint dipper - flow coating
- Paint machine operator
- Paint production operator
- Paint repairman/woman, finished vehicles
- Paint room attendant
- Paint spray inspector
- Paint systems attendant
- Paint systems operator
- Paint-sprayer operator
- Painter - motor vehicle manufacturing
- Painter and letterer, railway cars
- Painter-finisher, production
- Painter, airbrush
- Painter, aircraft
- Painter, assembly line
- Painter, automobile assembly
- Painter, automobiles - motor vehicle manufacturing
- Painter, boilers
- Painter, cylinders
- Painter, drum
- Painter, enamel
- Painter, industrial products
- Painter, locomotives
- Painter, motor and generator subassemblies
- Painter, products
- Painter, shipyard
- Painter, tumbling barrel
- Painting machine attendant
- Painting machine operator
- Painting machine tender
- Particleboard spraying machine tender
- Pencil-coating machine tender
- Pencil-tip-banding machine tender
- Pipe coater-painter
- Pipe spray painter
- Primer sprayer
- Print applier - production
- Product lacquer-sprayer
- Product painter
- Product spray painter
- Product stainer
- Product surface preparer and prefinisher
- Production and control operator, paint and mix
- Production brush painter
- Production coating machine operator
- Production operator, paint
- Production painter
- Production painter-finisher
- Production painter, final colours
- Production touch-up painter
- Railway car letterer
- Railway car stenciller
- Railway car varnisher
- Refinisher, bathtubs
- Refinisher, ceramic and enamel
- Refinisher, stoves
- Robotic paint sprayer attendant
- Robotic spray paint attendant
- Rough benchwork spray painter
- Rough spray painter - manufacturing
- Rustproof coater - motor vehicle manufacturing
- Rustproof sprayer - motor vehicle manufacturing
- Rustproofer - motor vehicle manufacturing
- Rustproofer, motor vehicle
- Set-up operator, electrostatic painting machine
- Shellacker
- Shipyard painter
- Sign letterer
- Sign panel primer
- Sign spray painter
- Smoking-pipe stainer
- Spray paint machine operator
- Spray paint machine tender
- Spray paint operator
- Spray painter
- Spray painter - motor vehicle manufacturing
- Spray painter - production
- Spray painter, bench
- Spray painter, large surfaces
- Spray painter, metal products
- Spray painter, pipes
- Spray painter, products
- Spray painter, signs
- Spray stainer - production
- Spray-coating machine tender, hardboard
- Sprayer, ceramic
- Sprayer, leather goods
- Sprayman/woman, finished enamel
- Stainer, products
- Stainer, smoking-pipe
- Stenciller, railway cars
- Stove refinisher
- Stove varnisher
- Tin can dipping enameller
- Tinned sheet coating machine operator
- Tinware dipper and enameller
- Tinware dipping enameller
- Touch-up painter, production
- Tumbling barrel painter
- Undercoater - motor vehicle manufacturing
- Varnisher, railway cars
- Vehicle cleaner-coater
- Wire-paint-coating machine tender
- Assembly painter
- Automobile painter - motor vehicle manufacturing
- Aviation painter
- Bathtub refinisher
- Coating machine operator - industrial painting and coating
- Dip tank attendant
- Enameller
- Industrial products painter
- Manufacturing painter
- Paint machine operator
- Paint systems operator
- Production painter
- Robotic spray paint attendant
- Rustproofer, motor vehicle
- Spray paint operator
- Spray painter
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Painters and coaters in this unit group perform some or all of the following duties:
- Select appropriate paint or mix paints using automated paint mixing equipment according to a pre-determined formula
- Tend or operate 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
- Tend or operate 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.
Employment requirements
- Some secondary school education is usually required.
- Several months of on-the-job training are usually provided.
- Some industrial painters, such as aviation painters, require specialized training or college courses.
Additional information
- Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.
Exclusions
- Autobody repair painters or repainters (in 7322 Motor Vehicle Body Repairers)
- Plating, Metal Spraying and Related Operators (9497)
- Construction painters (in 7294 Painters and Decorators)
- Furniture Finishers and Refinishers (9494)
- Supervisors of manufacturing painters and coaters (in 922 Supervisors, Assembly and Fabrication)
- Supervisors of manufacturing painters and coaters (in 9214 Supervisors, Plastic and Rubber Products Manufacturing)
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 9 – Occupations Unique to Processing, Manufacturing and Utilities
- Skill level
- C – Occupations usually require secondary school and/or occupation-specific training.
- Major group
- 94 – Processing and Manufacturing Machine Operators and Assemblers
- Minor group
- 949 – Other Assembly and Related Occupations
- Version
- NOC 2006 Version 1.0