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Painting Worker

Painting Worker

  • Transform everyday items into vibrant works of art with your painting skills.
  • Enhance and protect surfaces, making a lasting impact on various industries.
  • Use diverse tools to bring color and life to unique materials and objects.
💰 Earn $37K-$50K
📚 None

Overview

Paint, coat, or decorate articles, such as furniture, glass, plateware, pottery, jewelry, toys, books, or leather.

Scoop

Minimum Education

None

Career Prospects

Good (Increasing by 1-5%)

Training Time

Less than 6 months

Job Openings

1,100 Annually

Median Earnings

$41,330 in California
$40,230 Nationally

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Day-to-Day

  • Apply coatings, such as paint, ink, or lacquer, to protect or decorate workpiece surfaces, using spray guns, pens, or brushes.
  • Examine finished surfaces of workpieces to verify conformance to specifications and retouch any defective areas.
  • Clean and maintain tools and equipment, using solvents, brushes, and rags.
  • Read job orders and inspect workpieces to determine work procedures and materials required.
  • Immerse workpieces into coating materials for specified times.

Best For You If...

YOU Like 💕

  • Working with my hands

You are skilled in 💫

  • Active Listening
  • Critical Thinking
  • Monitoring
  • Operations Monitoring
  • Speaking

You value 🙏

  • Accomplishing things
  • Having support
  • Having freedom

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