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Career Details : Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators

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Description

Set up or set up and operate machines to coat or paint any of a wide variety of products, such as food products, glassware, and cloth, ceramic, metal, plastic, paper, and wood products, with lacquer, silver and copper solution, rubber, paint, varnish, glaze, enamel, oil, or rust-proofing materials.

Experience

Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful in these occupations, but usually is not needed. For example, a drywall installer might benefit from experience installing drywall, but an inexperienced person could still learn to be an installer with little difficulty.

Education

These occupations usually require a high school diploma and may require some vocational training or job-related course work. In some cases, an associate's or bachelor's degree could be needed.

Training

Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees.

Tasks

  • Cleans and maintains coating and painting machines, using hand tools.
  • Removes materials, parts, or workpieces from painting or coating machines, using hand tools.
  • Records operational data on specified forms.
  • Measures thickness and quality of coating, using micrometer.
  • Observes and adjusts loaded workpiece or machine, according to specifications.
  • Weighs or measures chemicals, coatings, or paints and adds to machine.
  • Sets up and operates machines to paint or coat products with such materials as silver and copper solution, rubber, paint, glaze, oil, or rust-proofing materials.
  • Examines and tests solutions, paints, products, and workpieces to ensure specifications are met.
  • Operates auxiliary machines or equipment used on the coating or painting process.
  • Turns valves and adjusts controls to regulate speed of conveyor, temperature, air pressure and circulation, and flow or spray of coating or paint.
  • Selects and loads materials, parts, and workpieces on machine, using hand tools.
  • Starts pumps to mix solutions and to activate coating or painting machines.

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    Frequent Work Context

    • Degree of Automation
    • Indoors
    • Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
    • Standing
    • Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment

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