Painting Worker

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Transform everyday items into vibrant works of art with your painting skills.
Enhance and protect surfaces, making a lasting impact on various industries.
Use diverse tools to bring color and life to unique materials and objects.

💰 Earn $37K-$50K

📚 NO DEGREE REQUIRED

⏱️ 0–6 MONTH TRAINING

📈 1.5% JOB GROWTH

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What You’ll Do

Paint, coat, or decorate articles, such as furniture, glass, plateware, pottery, jewelry, toys, books, or leather.

Apply coatings, such as paint, ink, or lacquer, to protect or decorate workpiece surfaces, using spray guns, pens, or brushes.
Examine finished surfaces of workpieces to verify conformance to specifications and retouch any defective areas.
Clean and maintain tools and equipment, using solvents, brushes, and rags.
Read job orders and inspect workpieces to determine work procedures and materials required.
Immerse workpieces into coating materials for specified times.

Scoop

Minimum Education

None

Career Prospects

Good (Increasing by 1-5%)

Training Time

Less than 6 months

Job Openings

1,100 Annually

Median Earnings

$41,330 in California

$40,230 Nationally

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Best For You If...

YOU Like 💕

Working with my hands

You are skilled in 💫

Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Monitoring
Operations Monitoring
Speaking

You value 🙏

Accomplishing things
Having support
Having freedom

Deep Dive

Painting Worker

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Pathways to this Career

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Strategic Employment

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