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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.

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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

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