PAINTER (NON-COMPETITIVE)

This employee perform skilled painting and related work, with other painters on a crew. This employee does finishing and decorating of a variety of interior and exterior industrial surfaces such as bridges, water towers, viaducts, tanks and other structures.

Minimum Qualifications (KSAs)

(Illustrative only. Any one position within this classification may not require all of the knowledges, skills, abilities and personal characteristics (KSAPCs) listed, nor do the listed examples include all of the KSAPCs which must be possessed.)

Knowledge of

Paints, varnishes, shellacs, stains, and fillers.

Epoxies and urethane.

Sandblasting and water blasting procedures.

Safety precautions to be used with chemicals found in paint and paint removal products.

Surface preparation materials and methods, paint mixing.

Types of rigging used in painting.

Safety precautions critical to the correct removal of asbestos materials.

Ability to

Mix and match paint colors.

Work from scaffolding, ladders, ladder trucks, platform trucks, and bucket trucks.

Follow necessary safety measures when dealing with asbestos and paint preparation chemicals.

Work at heights over 40 feet and up to 150 feet.

Works in confined spaces and underground.

Repair broken glass.

Drive a light truck.

Lift 100 pounds.

Required Education And Experience

Must have three (3) yearsof professional, paidexperienceas a painter. Experience must include job duties similar to those listed in the examples of work performed. Completion of a three (3) year painter apprenticeship program may substitute for the years of experience. Must have a Driver License.

Military Education & Experience Evaluation

Military education and experience may be substituted for college level course work at the lower and upper division baccalaureate and graduate levels and apprenticeship training at the vocational certificate level on a case by case basis based on the American Council on Education (ACE) Military Guide recommendations.