Skills
Maintain a Safe Workplace
- Take corrective action against potential workplace health and safety hazards
- Select, wear, adjust, and maintain personal protective equipment
- Practise safe work habits
- Use fall arrest, travel restraint and fall prevention systems and their components
- Keep work and public access areas clean and clear of obstructions
- Keep work and public access areas clean and clear of obstructions
- Keep personal hand tools clean and in good working order
- Lock and tag out energy sources for repair and maintenance
- Handle designated substances
Interpret Blueprints and Specifications
- Identify surfaces to be painted and finishes required
- Estimate time and material quantities
- Test the mil thickness, moisture and temperature of wet and dry paint films
Operate and Maintain Access Equipment
- Assemble and operate access equipment
- Erect scaffolds
- Operate lifting equipment
- Select, position and use ladders
Communicate
- Communicate with customers and members of the public
- Communicate with supervisors
- Communicate with other tradespersons and co-workers
- Report emergencies and injuries to the supervisor or first aid personnel
Prepare Surfaces
- Prepare drywall and plaster surfaces
- Prepare wood surfaces
- Prepare metal surfaces
- Prepare concrete and masonry surfaces
- Remove paint chemically
- Pressure wash
Brush and Roll Coatings
- Select brushing and rolling tools
- Protect finished surfaces and equipment from pain and dust
- Remedy substrate defects
- Cut in coatings by brush
- Roll coatings
- Remove coverings for brushing and rolling and clean the area
Hang Wall Coverings
- Inspect substrate coatings
- Select tools, adhesive and equipment for wall hanging
- Measure walls for wall coverings
- Roll out, measure and cut wall covering sheets
- Apply wall covering adhesive to walls or material
- Apply wall coverings
Spray Paint Surfaces
- Select spray painting equipment
- Identify surfaces sprayed and protected
- Protect surfaces from over-spray
- Set up spray painting equipment
- Spray paint
- Clean spray painting equipment
- Remove coverings for spray painting and clean the area
Finish Wood Surfaces
- Select products for finishing wood
- Determine surface preparation requirements for wood surfaces
- Verify stain or paint colour
- Sand wood surfaces
- Remove dust from wood surfaces before each coat
- Protect finished surfaces from stains and paint
- Apply stain
- Apply sealers and primers
- Fill holes on wood surfaces
- Lightly sand sealed or primed wood surfaces
- Apply finished products
Protect the Environment
- Reuse consumable items
- Recycle paints, solvents, plastic containers, cardboard, paper and plastic
- Prevent toxic spills and emissions
- Contain spilled paints and solvents
- Separate and label toxic substances for recycling or disposal
For more information, see Ontario College of Trades Training Standards
