Industrial Spraypainters

Industrial Spraypainters operate spray painting equipment to paint and apply other industrial coatings to manufactured items (Vehicle Painters are shown separately).

What the job involves

• Grinding, sanding and cleaning surfaces of items to be painted

• Loading paint, oil, lacquer, varnish and rustproofing agents into spray equipment

• Connecting hoses to spray equipment and adjusting spray nozzles to required pressure

• Securing items to be sprayed within spray booths or placing them onto conveyors

• Directing spray guns to apply even coatings

• Moving items to drying areas and stacking them for further painting and packaging

• Starting and monitoring extractor and drying fans, and heaters

• Cleaning nozzles, containers and hoses of equipment

• May operate paint dipping baths

• May mix coating solutions and regulate their temperature