Industrial Production Painters
Job description
These individuals apply liquid or powder coatings (e.g. paint) to parts and products manufactured in factories.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Equipment, machinery, tools
- Hazardous chemical
- Odours
- Fire, steam, hot surfaces
Main tasks
- Select the appropriate paint or paint mixture for the work to be done.
- Prepare the objects to be painted or covered, remove rust, and fill the hollows.
- Use hand guns to paint objects attached to or moving on a conveyor.
- Paint small objects and doing touch-ups with a brush.
- Clean and maintain equipment.
- Prepare and apply stencils and layers on finished products.
Advancement and mobility
- Experience leads to supervisory positions.
Training and requirements
Formation
No specific training
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
- 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
- Focussed on results
- Perseverance
- Autonomy
- Capacity to adapt
- Capacity to work in a team
- Knowledge of production and treatment
- Attention to detail
- Respect standards and regulations
- Tolerance to routine work
- 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.
Appellation d'emploi liée (à traduire)
Industrial painters, coaters and metal finishing process operators (CNP 94213)
Skill type
Manufacturing and utilities
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Last update: February 14, 2024