Paint walls, equipment, buildings, bridges, and other structural surfaces, using brushes, rollers, and spray guns. May remove old paint to prepare surface prior to painting. May mix colors or oils to obtain desired color or consistency.

Other names for Painters, Construction and Maintenance: Architectural Coating Finisher, Bitumastic Applier, Bridge Painter, Brush Painter, Buildings Painter, Calciminer, Calker, Chipper, Colored Liquid Plastic Applier, Decorator, Drywall Sprayer, Enameler, Facilities Painter, Filler, Glass Tinter, Highway Painter, House Decorator, House or Other Buildings Painter Apprentice, House Painter, Industrial Painter, Interior Decorator, Interior Decorator, Painting, Interior Painter, Kalsominer, Line Painting Machine Operator, Maintenance Painter, Maintenance Painter Apprentice, Marbleizer, Ornamental Painter, Painter, Painter and Decorator, Painter and Decorator Apprentice, Painter and Paperhanger Apprentice, Painter Apprentice, Parking Line Painter, Railroad Car Letterer, Red Leader, Roof Painter, Set Painter, Shipyard Painter, Shipyard Painter Apprentice, Sign Painter Apprentice, Silo Painter, Spray Painter, Stage Setting Painter Apprentice, Stage Settings Painter, Stainer, Stippler, Structural Steel Painter, Traffic Line Painter, Varnisher Apprentice,

• Cover surfaces with dropcloths or masking tape and paper to protect surfaces during painting.
• Fill cracks, holes, and joints with caulk, putty, plaster, or other fillers, using caulking guns or putty knives.
• Apply primers or sealers to prepare new surfaces, such as bare wood or metal, for finish coats.
• Apply paint, stain, varnish, enamel, and other finishes to equipment, buildings, bridges, and/or other structures, using brushes, spray guns, or rollers.
• Calculate amounts of required materials and estimate costs, based on surface measurements and/or work orders.
• Read work orders or receive instructions from supervisors or homeowners in order to determine work requirements.
• Erect scaffolding and swing gates, or set up ladders, to work above ground level.
• Remove fixtures such as pictures, door knobs, lamps, and electric switch covers prior to painting.
• Wash and treat surfaces with oil, turpentine, mildew remover, or other preparations, and sand rough spots to ensure that finishes will adhere properly.
• Mix and match colors of paint, stain, or varnish with oil and thinning and drying additives in order to obtain desired colors and consistencies.
• Remove old finishes by stripping, sanding, wire brushing, burning, or using water and/or abrasive blasting.
• Select and purchase tools and finishes for surfaces to be covered, considering durability, ease of handling, methods of application, and customers' wishes.
• Smooth surfaces, using sandpaper, scrapers, brushes, steel wool, and/or sanding machines.
• Polish final coats to specified finishes.
• Use special finishing techniques such as sponging, ragging, layering, or faux finishing.
• Waterproof buildings, using waterproofers and caulking.
• Cut stencils, and brush and spray lettering and decorations on surfaces.
• Spray or brush hot plastics or pitch onto surfaces.
• Bake finishes on painted and enameled articles, using baking ovens.

• Manlift or personnel lift
• Paint sprayers
• Blow torches
• Manlift or personnel lift
• Paint brushes
• Cargo trucks
• Caulking guns
• Power chippers
• Power chippers
• Hole saws
• Paint brushes
• Air compressors
• Paint sprayers
• Desktop computers
• Power sanders
• Hatchets
• Hammers
• Lifts
• Saws
• Putty knives
• Edging tools
• Power grinders
• Power sanders
• Ladders
• Files
• Trowels
• Floor scrapers
• Forklifts
• Razor knives
• Razor knives
• Glue guns
• Saw blades
• Hammers
• Heat guns
• Paint sprayers
• Hoists
• Hand sprayers
• Manlift or personnel lift
• Pressure or steam cleaners
• Ladders
• Laser printers
• Laser measuring systems
• Scaffolding
• Notebook computers
• Paint strainers
• Paint tester
• Paint mixers
• Paint strainers
• Power sanders
• Putty knives
• Personal computers
• Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers
• Platform lift
• Hand sprayers
• Paint sprayers
• Power drills
• Paint mixers
• Paint rollers
• Power saws
• Pressure or steam cleaners
• Cold chisels
• Putty knives
• Respirators
• Blocks or pulleys
• Paint rollers
• Pneumatic sanding machines
• Power sanders
• Saws
• Scaffolding
• Scribers
• Screwdrivers
• Wallpaper roller
• Slings
• Putty knives
• Paint sprayers
• Hand sprayers
• Pressure or steam cleaners
• Stencils or lettering aids
• Paint sprayers
• Masking equipment
• Paint brushes
• Hand sprayers
• Platform lift
• Temperature humidity testers
• Trowels
• Paint mixers
• Edging tools
• Trowels
• Utility knives
• Pressure or steam cleaners
• Wire brushes

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