Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers

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).
• 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.
• Visual Color Discrimination - The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.

People in this career often do these activities:

• Apply protective or decorative finishes to workpieces or products.
• Immerse objects or workpieces in cleaning or coating solutions.
• Inspect finishes of workpieces or finished products.
• Operate painting or coating equipment.
• Select production input materials.

• Mix ingredients to create specific finishes.
• Load items into ovens or furnaces.
• Clean production equipment.
• Maintain production or processing equipment.
• Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.
• Clean workpieces or finished products.
• Fill cracks, imperfections, or holes in products or workpieces.
• Heat material or workpieces to prepare for or complete production.
• Melt metal, plastic, or other materials to prepare for production.
• Cut fabrics.
• Position patterns on equipment, materials, or workpieces.
• Attach decorative or functional accessories to products.

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