Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Career, Salary and Skills

Occupation description

Set up, operate, or tend spraying or rolling machines to coat or paint any of a wide variety of products, including glassware, cloth, ceramics, metal, plastic, paper, or wood, with lacquer, silver, copper, rubber, varnish, glaze, enamel, oil, or rust-proofing materials. Includes painters of transportation vehicles such as painters in auto body repair facilities.

National salary and employment

Top skills

Typical tasks

• Dispose of hazardous waste in an appropriate manner.
• Hold or position spray guns to direct spray onto articles.
• Spray prepared surfaces with specified amounts of primers and decorative or finish coatings.
• Monitor painting operations to identify flaws, such as blisters or streaks, and correct their causes.
• Disassemble, clean, and reassemble sprayers or power equipment, using solvents, wire brushes, and cloths.
• Fill hoppers, reservoirs, troughs, or pans with material used to coat, paint, or spray, using conveyors or pails.
• Clean equipment and work areas.
• Apply primer over any repairs made to surfaces.

Technology

• Inventory control software
• Inventory management systems
• Maintenance management software
• Materials requirement planning MRP software
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office software
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Word
• Robotic painting software
• Scheduling software
• Time recording software

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders salary by location

Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.

• Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in TX
  Median $46,750 · Employment 16,600
• Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in CA
  Median $52,950 · Employment 11,570
• Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in OH
  Median $48,550 · Employment 8,320
• Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in IN
  Median $47,320 · Employment 8,030
• Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in MI
  Median $44,670 · Employment 7,050
• Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in PA
  Median $48,340 · Employment 6,790
• Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in IL
  Median $48,000 · Employment 6,390
• Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in FL
  Median $47,860 · Employment 6,200
• Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in WI
  Median $49,170 · Employment 6,120
• Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in GA
  Median $46,450 · Employment 5,900
• Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in NC
  Median $46,730 · Employment 5,700
• Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in AL
  Median $44,250 · Employment 5,250

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