Painter-Decorator

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• At heights
• Confined spaces
• Cold/refrigerated

Work setting

• Various locations
• Willing to relocate

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Prepare, clean and sand surfaces to be painted
• Repair cracks and holes
• Mix paint to desired colour and texture
• Measure, cut and apply wallpaper and other fabric to walls
• Advise consumers on colours and choice of wall coverings
• Erect scaffolding and swing stages and attach rigging
• Apply paint, wallpaper and other materials and finishes to interior and exterior surfaces
• Estimate costs and materials

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Working at heights training
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
• Fall Arrest Protection Training Course

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Airless spray equipment
• Brush painting
• Conventional spray painting
• Patterned rollers
• Roller painting

Surface preparation experience

• Drywall taping/patching
• Water/hydroblasting
• Sandblasters

Coating/application specialization

• Multi-color finishes
• Paint spraying

Wood finishing specialization

• Graining
• Marbleizing
• Staining
• Glazing

Wall covering specialization

• Wallpaper
• Vinyl
• Wood veneers

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Driving record check (abstract)

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence
• Willing to travel

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Physically demanding

Weight handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
• More than 45 kg (100 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Reliability
• Team player

Benefits

Financial benefits

• Bonus

Long term benefits

• Other benefits

Other benefits

• Learning/training paid by employer
• Team building opportunities
• Transportation provided by employer