automotive body painter

Additional Information

• Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
• Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years

Work site environment

• Dusty
• Noisy
• Odours

Work setting

• In shop

Tasks

• Instruct apprentices
• File, grind and sand body surfaces to be repaired
• Mask and tape auto body surfaces in preparation for painting
• Apply primers and repaint surfaces
• Mix paint, blend and match colors
• Operate soldering equipment or use plastic filler to fill holes, dents and seams

Area of work experience

• Paint spraying

Transportation/travel information

• Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Overtime required
• Standing for extended periods

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Dependability
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Judgement
• Reliability
• Team player
• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 37.5 hours per week