painter-decorator

Additional Information

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 40 to 50 hours per week
• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience: Experience an asset

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• Underground
• At heights
• Confined spaces
• Odours

Work setting

• Various locations

Tasks

• Prepare, clean and sand surfaces to be painted
• Repair cracks and holes
• Mix paint to desired colour and texture
• Measure, cut and apply wallpaper and other fabric to walls
• Advise consumers on colours and choice of wall coverings
• Erect scaffolding and swing stages and attach rigging
• Apply paint, wallpaper and other materials and finishes to interior and exterior surfaces

Equipment and machinery experience

• Airless spray equipment
• Brush painting
• Conventional spray painting
• Electrostatic applications equipment
• Multi-ratio pump spraying
• Patterned rollers
• Roller painting
• Thermal spray equipment

Testing equipment experience

• Moisture gauges
• Wet micron gauges
• Dry micron gauges
• Holiday detector

Surface preparation experience

• Drywall taping/patching
• Water/hydroblasting
• Steam cleaning
• Flame cleaning
• Sandblasters

Coating/application specialization

• Aggregate painting
• Sign painting
• Novelty and decorative effects
• Fibreglassing
• Fire retardants
• Graphics painting
• Surface gilding
• Multi-color finishes
• Gas proofing materials
• Urethanes
• Metallized coatings
• Powdered coatings
• Tank linings
• Dipping
• Lead based removal and encapsulation
• Paint spraying

Wood finishing specialization

• Graining
• Marbleizing
• Staining
• Glazing

Wall covering specialization

• Wallpaper
• Vinyl
• Fabrics/upholstery
• Wood veneers
• Foils

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Physically demanding

Weight handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Reliability
• Team player