painter and decorator
Joseph Larkin
Edmonton, AB, CA
$25 an hour
Permanent
Full-time
- Work Term : Permanent
- Work Language : English
- Hours : 40 to 50 hours per week
- Education : Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience : 1 to less than 7 months
- or equivalent experience
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Confined spaces
- Odours
Work setting
- Various locations
- On-site customer service
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
Equipment and machinery experience
- Airless spray equipment
- Brush painting
- Conventional spray painting
- Electrostatic applications equipment
- Multi-ratio pump spraying
- Patterned rollers
- Roller painting
- Thermal spray equipment
Surface preparation experience
Drywall taping / patching
Wall covering specialization
- Wallpaper
- Vinyl
- Photographic murals
Transportation / travel information
Public transportation is available
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Physically demanding
Weight handling
Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Reliability
- Team player
Workplace information
- On the road job
30+ days ago