Industrial Painter Duties & Responsibilities

The role and function of an Industrial Painter includes the following duties and responsibilities:

  • Painting buildings, houses or cars.
  • Cleaning surfaces prior to layering paint.
  • Maintaining technical equipment for the job and ensuring that they are in working order.
  • Possessing a wide array of painting tools, including thin and thick brushes, airbrushes and rollers.
  • Safely disposing of chemical waste.
  • Removing previous paint surfaces using masking or a chemical rinse.
  • Painting small items and doing touch-ups.
  • Ensuring proper ventilation after paint is applied.
  • Utilizing electroplating equipment to coat metal.
  • Ensuring that high safety standards are met.
  • Utilizing different painting techniques based on the nature of the surface.
  • Utilizing special safety equipment such as painting goggles.
  • Using viscosity cups and thickness gauges to measure the amount of paint to be used and the texture of the paint.
  • Polishing metallic surfaces.
  • Painting over woods and plastics.

Note that this is not an exhaustive list of Industrial Painter duties and responsibilities. Job functions for specific Industrial Painter roles may vary, depending on the industry and type of employer.