Industrial painters and coaters operate and tend machines or use brushes and spray equipment to apply paint, enamel, lacquer or other non-metallic protective and decorative coatings to surfaces of various products. Metal finishing process operators operate machines or equipment to deposit metallized substances on work pieces and surfaces to provide decorative, protective and restorative coatings. These workers are employed by manufacturing companies and custom refinishing, coating and plating shops.
Job Titles
1. Airbrush painter
2. Aircraft painter
3. Anodizer
4. Assembly line painter
5. Assembly painter
6. Automatic paint-sprayer operator
7. Automobile assembly line painter
8. Automobile assembly painter
9. Automobile dipper-painter
10. Automobile painter - motor vehicle manufacturing
11. Aviation painter
12. Bathtub refinisher
13. Bathtub varnisher
14. Bench lacquer sprayer
15. Bench spray painter
16. Block sander and glazier
17. Boiler painter
18. Bronze plater
19. Brush stainer - production
20. Cadmium galvanizer
21. Car painter - manufacturing
22. Ceramic and enamel refinisher
23. Ceramic enameler
24. Ceramic painter
25. Ceramic spray painter
26. Ceramic sprayer
27. Chromium plater
28. Coating equipment operator
29. Coating equipment operator - metal plating
30. Coating machine operator - industrial painting and coating
31. Coating machine tender - product manufacturing
32. Coating oven tender - manufacturing
33. Coating tank dipper
34. Coil spring dipper
35. Continuous galvanizing line operator
36. Copper coater - metal plating
37. Copper plater
38. Corrosion resistant metal sprayer
39. Crester
40. Cylinder painter - industrial
41. Cylinder plater-grinder - metal processing
42. Decal applier
43. Dip tank attendant
44. Dipper and coater - metal plating
45. Dipper-baker
46. Dipping tank operator
47. Dipping tank tender
48. Drum painter
49. Electrical equipment enameller
50. Electroformer
51. Electrogalvanizer
52. Electrogalvanizing machine operator
53. Electroless plater
54. Electrolytic tank tender
55. Electroplasty equipment operator
56. Electroplater
57. Electroplater operator
58. Electrostatic machine painter
59. Electrostatic painter
60. Electrostatic painting line tender
61. Electrostatic painting machine operator
62. Electrostatic painting machine set-up operator
63. Elpo tank attendant
64. Enamel baker - manufacturing
65. Enamel dipper
66. Enamel painter
67. Enameller
68. Enameller - industrial painting and coating
69. Enameller - ship and boat building
70. Enamelling machine tender
71. Engine and generator support painter
72. Filament coater
73. Final colour production painter
74. Finished enamel sprayman/woman
75. Finished vehicle paint repairman/woman
76. Finishing roller industrial painter
77. Firearm burnisher - metal plating
78. Firearm finisher - metal plating
79. Galvanizer
Available Visa Options
Federal Trade Worker (FTW), Temporary Resident Visa (TRV)
Occupational List
National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Process Time
5 to 6 Months
Job Status
Permanent Full Time
Job Duties
Industrial painters and coaters
- Select appropriate paint or mix paints using automated paint mixing equipment according to a predetermined formula
- Operate or tend equipment to clean, wash, strip, sand, remove corrosion, fill dents or otherwise prepare items for application of paint, lacquer or other protective or decorative coatings
- Operate or tend automated spray paint, dip or flow coating equipment or other mechanized painting or product coating application equipment
- Operate hand-held spray guns to spray paint or coat stationary items or items on moving conveyor system with protective or decorative coatings
- Paint small items and apply touch-ups using paint brushes
- Clean and maintain painting and coating, ventilation, compressed air and personal protective equipment
- May prepare and apply stencils, computer-generated decals or other decorative items on finished products.
Industrial metal finishing process operators
- Prepare and mix metallizing solutions according to formulas or specifications
- Operate or tend equipment to clean, degrease, pickle and etch metal and non-metal surfaces to prepare workpieces with desired surface characteristics
- Tend automatic metal coating machines which convey objects through a series of cleaning, rinsing and plating solutions
- Operate and control electroplating equipment to coat metal and other workpieces
- Operate hot-dip metal plating equipment to galvanize metal and other workpieces
- Operate spray equipment to build up worn or damaged parts or to bond protective or decorative coatings on various objects
- Check proper thickness of plating using micrometers, calipers or other devices
- May operate equipment to polish metallic surfaces of products
- May tend ovens which cure metal coating.
Key Skills
- Painting Equipment
- Primer
- Small Parts
- Surface Preparation
- PPE
- Customer Specifications
- Safety Guidelines
- Hand Tools
- Sand
- Hazardous Materials
- Finish Coat
- Steel Wool
- Preventative Maintenance
- Pressure Pot
- Heavy Equipment
Education Requirement
1. Some secondary school education is usually required.
2. Some experience in operating production machinery or equipment may be required.
3. Several months of on-the-job training are usually provided.
4. Some industrial painters, such as aviation painters, may require specialized training and certification or college courses.
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Fee Structure
| One Time Membership Fees |
Rs. 6,500/- (5,508.47 + 991.53 (18% GST)) |
| At the time of Agreement |
Rs 85,000 + 18% GST |
Other Fee
1 to 5 years experience required 
33,977 CAD to 44,300 CAD P.A. 
Canada
