Metal Finishing Process Operators
Job description
These individuals apply various coatings (paint, enamel, lacquer, etc.) to the surface of products. They work in the industrial sector.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Equipment, machinery, tools
- Hazardous chemical
- Odours
- Fire, steam, hot surfaces
Main tasks
Painters and Coaters - Industrial Sector
- Select the appropriate paint or paint mixture for the job to be done.
- Prepare the objects to be painted or covered, remove rust, and fill hollows.
- Use hand guns to paint objects attached to or moving on a conveyor.
- Paint small objects and touch up with a brush.
- Clean and maintain equipment.
- Prepare and apply stencils and tracings on finished products.
Metal Finishing Control Station Operators - Industrial Sector
- Prepare and mix metallizing solutions.
- Clean, degrease, pickle, and etch metallic and non-metallic surfaces.
- Monitor and operate plating (which coat metal) and spraying (which fortify worn or damaged parts) equipment.
- Check the thickness of the veneer.
- Polish the metal surfaces of the products.
- Harden metal coatings.
Advancement and mobility
- Experience leads to supervisory positions.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2020 to 2022.- Minimum
- $17.00
- Median
- $22.00
- Maximum
- $32.00
Job prospects for 2023-2027
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Job prospects for 2023-2027
Job prospects
All of Québec
All of Québec
Total jobs for 2022
All of Québec
All of Québec
Gender distribution
All of Québec
- 11.5% Female
- 88.5% Male
- 11.5% Female
- 88.5% Male
Job types
All of Québec
- Full time
- Part time
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
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NAICS 33215% of jobs
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NAICS 336415% of jobs
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NAICS 336 [excluding 3364]10% of jobs
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NAICS 239% of jobs
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NAICS 3338% of jobs
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Others43% of jobs
All of Québec
-
NAICS 33215% of jobs
-
NAICS 336415% of jobs
-
NAICS 336 [excluding 3364]10% of jobs
-
NAICS 239% of jobs
-
NAICS 3338% of jobs
-
Others43% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Secondary
DVS in carrosserie
Placement rate: 90%
5.9% of graduates pursue further studies
Sometimes required
- Experience as a Machinery or Manufacturing Equipment Operator may be required.
- Specialized training or certification may be required for some Industrial Painters (e.g. aircraft painters).
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Monitoring operations
- Information processing
- Quality control analysis
- Result evaluation
- Critical thought
- Solving complex problems
Abilities
- Near vision
- Colour perception and distinction
- Control accuracy
- Manual dexterity
- Hand-arm stability
- Wrist-finger speed
- Information organization
- Processing flexibility
- Selective attention
- Oral comprehension
- Speed control
- Digital dexterity
- Core strength
- Perception speed
- Hearing sensitivity
- Physical flexibility in extension
- Distance vision
- Visualization
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to work under pressure
- Focussed on results
- Autonomy
- Knowledge of production and treatment
- Commitment
- Rigour
- Attention to detail
- Assiduity and punctuality
- Sense of observation
- Timeliness
Interests
- Make, build, install
- Work manually
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
Official name of the NOC 94213
Industrial painters, coaters and metal finishing process operators
Job titles
- Surface Treatment Operators
- Industrial Production Painters
- Paint spray inspector
- Production coating machine operator
- Automobile assembly painter
- Spray painter
- Production painter
- Print applier - production
- Primer sprayer
- Sign panel primer
- Silver plater
- Silver spray operator
- Bronze plater
- Firearm burnisher - metal plating
- Industrial painters lead hand
- Chromium plater
- Tinned sheet coating machine operator
- Industrial paint baker
- Enamel baker - manufacturing
- Copper coater - metal plating
- Decal applier
- Crester
- Metal-leaf gilder
- Enameller
- Enameller - ship and boat building
- Machine enameller
- Tinware dipping enameller
- Tin can dipping enameller
- Enamel dipper
- Electrical equipment enameller
- Ceramic enameler
- Industrial coater
- Powder coater
- Tin plater
- Wire tinner
- Firearm finisher - metal plating
- Galvanizer
- Hot-dip galvanizer - metal plating
- Zinc galvanizer
- Cadmium galvanizer
- Electrogalvanizer
- Electroplater
- Electroplater operator
- Production electroplater
- Metal electroplating inspector
- Lacquer-sprayer
- Bench lacquer sprayer
- Product lacquer-sprayer
- Sign letterer
- Railway car letterer
- Railway car stenciller
- Metallizer
- Metal dipper
- Hot-dip coater - metal plating
- Metal spray operator
- Lead coater
- Filament coater
- Wire coater
- Corrosion resistant metal sprayer
- Brush stainer - production
- Spray stainer - production
- Smoking-pipe stainer
- Product stainer
- Vehicle cleaner-coater
- Nickel plater
- Paint production operator
- Paint and mix production and control operator
- Electroplasty equipment operator
- Paint machine operator
- Paint-sprayer operator
- Paint control operator
- Coating equipment operator
- Coating equipment operator - metal plating
- Metal-dipping equipment operator
- Wire-coating equipment operator
- Metal plating-equipment operator
- Continuous galvanizing line operator
- Dipping tank operator
- Machine operator - plating and metal spraying
- Electrostatic painting machine operator
- Metal coater
- Galvanizing machine operator
- Electrogalvanizing machine operator
- Industrial paint sprayer operator
- Thermospray operator
- Automatic paint-sprayer operator
- Tumbling barrel tender
- Paint and varnish dipper operator
- Anodizer
- Painting machine tender
- Spray paint machine tender
- Electroformer
- Coating machine tender - product manufacturing
- Pencil-coating machine tender
- Wire-paint-coating machine tender
- Electrostatic painting line tender
- Plating tank operator
- Electrolytic tank tender
- Shellacker
- Enamelling machine tender
- Hardboard spray-coating machine tender
- Pencil-tip-banding machine tender
- Particleboard spraying machine tender
- Vacuum-metallizer tender
- Finished enamel sprayman/woman
- Ceramic sprayer
- Leather goods sprayer
- Metal bluer
- Oven tender - painting and coating
- Paint baking oven tender
- Coating oven tender - manufacturing
- Industrial paint mixer
- Electroless plater
- Undercoater - motor vehicle manufacturing
- Motor vehicle rustproofer
- Airbrush painter
- Electrostatic machine painter
- Assembly painter
- Production brush painter
- Spray painter - motor vehicle manufacturing
- Spray painter - production
- Rough benchwork spray painter
- Bench spray painter
- Drum painter
- Tumbling barrel painter
- Aircraft painter
- Automobile painter - motor vehicle manufacturing
- Sign spray painter
- Engine and generator support painter
- Ceramic spray painter
- Shipyard painter
- Boiler painter
- Cylinder painter - industrial
- Manufacturing painter
- Large surface spray painter
- Locomotive painter
- Final colour production painter
- Product painter
- Product spray painter
- Leather goods spray painter
- Industrial products painter
- Metal product spray painter
- Motor and generator subassemblies painter
- Pipe spray painter
- Motor vehicle painter - motor vehicle manufacturing
- Car painter - manufacturing
- Ceramic painter
- Electrostatic painter
- Enamel painter
- Rough spray painter - manufacturing
- Industrial painter
- Industrial spray painter
- Finishing roller industrial painter
- Assembly line painter
- Automobile assembly line painter
- Pipe coater-painter
- Industrial paint finisher
- Production painter-finisher
- Railway car painter and letterer
- Hand touch-up painter - production
- Production touch-up painter
- Industrial paint dipper
- Paint dipper - flow coating
- Automobile dipper-painter
- Rustproof sprayer - motor vehicle manufacturing
- Cylinder plater-grinder - metal processing
- Block sander and glazier
- Product surface preparer and prefinisher
- Prep line attendant - bulk galvanizing
- Dip tank attendant
- Elpo tank attendant
- Paint room attendant
- Metal plater-polisher
- Robotic paint sprayer attendant
- Painting machine attendant
- Paint systems attendant
- Electrostatic painting machine set-up operator
- Bathtub refinisher
- Stove refinisher
- Ceramic and enamel refinisher
- Finished vehicle paint repairman/woman
- Sherardizer
- Dipper-baker
- Tinware dipper and enameller
- Dipper and coater - metal plating
- Temperer - plating and metal spraying
- Coating tank dipper
- Coil spring dipper
- Bathtub varnisher
- Stove varnisher
- Railway car varnisher
Skill type
Manufacturing and utilities
WAP
This occupation is targeted by Workplace Apprenticeship Programs
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Last update: February 14, 2024