Job Description:

• 1) Paints surfaces of transportation equipment, such as automobiles, buses, trucks, and aircraft, applying knowledge of surface preparation and painting techniques, using spray painting equipment, power tools, and work aids: Cleans, sands, and applies chemical solutions to prepare and condition surfaces prior to painting.

• 2) Mixes and thins paint or other coating to specified color and consistency according to standard formulas or color charts, using spatula or mixing equipment and viscometer.

• 3) Masks and covers surfaces not to be painted.

• 4) Sprays specified amount or thickness of primer, protective, decorative, or finish coatings, such as paint, lacquer, sealer, or enamel, onto prepared surfaces, using spray equipment.

• 5) Strips, sands, masks, and repaints surfaces, and blends and polishes finish to match surrounding areas, manually or using portable power tools.

• 6) May apply or retouch paint, using brush.

• 7) May lay out and paint insignias, symbols, designs, or other markings on painted surfaces, according to blueprints or specifications, using stencils, patterns, measuring instruments, brushes, or spray equipment.

• 8) May regulate controls on equipment to cure and dry paint or other coatings.

• 9) May set up portable ventilators, exhaust units, ladders, and scaffolding prior to painting.

• 10) May operate lifting and moving devices to move materials and equipment and access areas to be painted.

• 11) May remove accessories from motor vehicles, such as chrome, mirrors, and windshield wipers, prior to repainting.

• 12) May be designated according to vehicle painted as Auto-Body Painter; Painter, Aircraft; Painter, Aircraft-Production; Painter, Automotive; Painter, Decorative-Commercial Aircraft.