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

Other names for Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers: Carroter, Caustic Operator, Ceramic Painter, Charger, China Decorator, Cleaner and Preparer, Clear Coat Sprayer, Clip Coater, Clock and Watch Hands Dipper, Clock and Watch Hands Painter, Coater, Color Coater, Colorer, Cork Painter and Grader, Decal Applier, Decal Decorator, Decal Maker, Decaler, Decorator, Design Painter, Dial Marker, Dial Painter, Dial Refinisher, Dipper, Dipper and Drier, Drawer Waxer, Drywall Sprayer, Duller, Duster, Dyer, Edge Stainer, Air Brush Decorator, Air Brush Operator, Airbrush Painter, Animated Cartoons Painter, Apprentice, Painter, Brush, Apprentice, Painter, Hand, Art Gilder, Artist, Assembler, Babbitter, Bakery Decorator, Balloon Dipper, Banner Painter, Barrel Coater, Barrel Liner, Battery Container Finishing Hand, Bisque Ware Dipper, Blocker Ii, Boiler-Out, Bottom Painter, Bowling Pin Refinisher, Brush Hand, Brush Painter, Brusher, Bun Icer, Button Spindler, Cake Decorator, Electroless Plater, Electrostatic Painter, Embossed or Impressed Lettering Painter, Enamel Applier, Enamel Finisher, Enameler, Enrobing Machine Corder, Filler, Filler In, Film Coater, Finisher, Foam Gun Operator, Frame Trimmer, Fur Blender, Furniture Stainer, Gilder, Glass Bulb Silverer, Glass Decorator, Glass Tinter, Glaze Sprayer, Glazer, Gold Letterer, Ground Layer, Hand Bander, Hand Candle Dipper, Hand Candy Dipper, Hand Decorator, Hand Funnel Coater, Hand Icer, Hand Painter, Hand Sign Writer, Hand Sprayer, Hand Striper, Hand Touch Up Painter, Hat Sprayer, High Lighter, In Mold Coater, Industrial Painter, Inker, Inker and Opaquer, Inlayer, Japanner, Jewelry Enameler, Keg Varnisher, Lacquer Sprayer, Lacquerer, Last Chalker, Latexer, Leather Coater, Lens Coater, Lens Coating Technician, Letterer, Lighting Fixtures Decorator, Liner, Luster Applicator, Mannequin Coloring Artist, Mannequin Decorator, Mannequin Refinisher, Manugrapher, Map Colorer, Masker, Mirror Maker, Mirror Painter, Mirror Silverer, Neckties Painter, Neon Sign Maker, Opaquer, Optical Glass Silverer, Oxidizer, Painter, Painter Apprentice, Painting Technician, Panel Edge Painter, Panman, Paper Stripper, Paster, Pastry Artist, Pastry Chef, Pattern Painter, Patternmaker, Pinner, Plate Painter, Plate Painter Apprentice, Porcelain Enamel Repairer, Porcelain Enameler, Porcelain Finish Sprayer, Potter, Pottery Decorator, Powder Coater, Powderer, Print Decorator, Printer, Production Metal Sprayer, Putty Glazer, Resin Coater, Rubber, Rubber Down, Rug Backing Stenciler, Rug Touch-Up Painter, Screen Printer, Shader, Shading Painter, Shellacker, Sign Artist, Sign Fabricator, Sign Letterer, Sign Painter, Sign Painter Apprentice, Sign Writer, Letterer, or Painter, Silicator, Silk-Screen Operator, Silver Spray Worker, Silverer, Sketch Maker, Sketcher, Ski Edge Painter, Smoking Pipe Liner, Soaper, Spray Gun Operator, Spray Gun Striper, Spray Gunner, Spray Operator, Spray Painter, Sprayer, Stager, Stainer, Starcher, Stenciler, Sticker On, Stiffener, Stove Refinisher, Striper, Stripper, Tacker Off, Tile Decorator, Top Coater, Touch-Up Painter, Toucher Up, Toy Painter, Tracer, Trademark Affixer, Under Seal Operator, Undercoater, Vac Press Operator, Wallcovering Texturer, White Shoe Ragger, Window Tinter, Wiper, Wood Stainer,

• 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; then 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.
• Clean surfaces of workpieces in preparation for coating, using cleaning fluids, solvents, brushes, scrapers, steam, sandpaper, or cloth.
• Rinse, drain, or wipe coated workpieces to remove excess coating material or to facilitate setting of finish coats on workpieces.
• Place coated workpieces in ovens or dryers for specified times in order to dry or harden finishes.
• Select and mix ingredients to prepare coating substances according to specifications, using paddles or mechanical mixers.
• Melt or heat coating materials to specified temperatures.
• Conceal blemishes in workpieces, such as nicks and dents, using fillers such as putty.
• Immerse workpieces into coating materials for specified times.
• Cut out sections in surfaces of materials to be inlaid with decorative pieces, using patterns and knives or scissors.
• Position and glue decorative pieces in cutout sections of workpieces, following patterns.