Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
What do they do?
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.
Also known as:
Automotive Painter (Auto Painter), Automotive Refinish Technician (Auto Refinish Tech), Coater Operator, Hand Sprayer, Industrial Painter, Paint Technician, Powder Coater, Silk Screen Operator, Spray Painter, Top Coater
Projected Employment Rankings For Virginia:
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Majors that prepare Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders:
- Cabinetmaking and Millwork (166)
- Machine Shop Technology/Assistant (710)
- Machine Tool Technology/Machinist (2,252)
- Sheet Metal Technology/Sheetworking (238)
★ Number of granted degrees for degree type, All, is listed after the major.
- Doctorate or Professional Degree (0.1%)
- Master's degree (0.8%)
- Bachelor's degree (3.9%)
- Associate's degree (6.7%)
- Some college, no degree (20%)
- High school diploma equivalent (48%)
- Less than high school diploma (20.5%)
Percent of workers in this field
★ You’re seeing education information for Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders(1) because we don’t have information for Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. Please note the information may not be the same for both occupations.Colleges with the most graduates that become Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders:
- Ivy Tech Community College
- Santa Ana College
- Southwestern Illinois College
- Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
- Fox Valley Technical College
- Texas State Technical College
Best colleges for Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders:
- Colorado Mesa University
- SUNY College of Technology at Alfred
- Pennsylvania College of Technology
- Utah State University
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People in this career often have talent in:
- Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
- Visual Color Discrimination - The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
- Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
- Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
People in this career often do these activities:
- Mount attachments or tools onto production equipment.
- Load materials into production equipment.
- Feed materials or products into or through equipment.
- Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes.
- Operate painting or coating equipment.
- Remove products or workpieces from production equipment.
This page includes data from:
Career data: O*NET 26.3 Database
by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (“USDOL/ETA”). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA
Occupation statistics: USDOL U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics
