Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Set up, operate, or tend spraying or rolling machines to coat or paint any of a wide variety of products, including glassware, cloth, ceramics, metal, plastic, paper, or wood, with lacquer, silver, copper, rubber, varnish, glaze, enamel, oil, or rust-proofing materials. Includes painters of transportation vehicles such as painters in auto body repair facilities.
At a Glance
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders earns a median of $47,590/yr with +0.7% projected growth. Typical entry: High school diploma or equivalent. Top skills: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Outlook.
$47,590/yr
+0.7%
16
High school diploma or equivalent
Skills & Requirements
Skills (1)
Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
Abilities (7)
The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
Technology (4)
Work Activities (16)
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
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