Position Title: Painter

Payroll/Personnel Type: 12 Month

Job #: 6151

Reports to: Facilities Maintenance Manager/Designee

Shift Length: 8 Hour Day

Union Eligibility: Eligible

Position Summary:

This is skilled work at the journeyman level in painting and finishing surfaces of buildings and other structures, fixtures, and equipment. Employees in this class are responsible for performing skilled painting tasks according to the standard practices of the trade. Work involves preparing various surfaces for painting and painting and finishing surfaces with paint, varnish, or other coating materials using a brush, roller, or spray gun.

Essential Functions:

• Cleans surfaces to be painted through the use of sandpaper burners, scrapers, brushes, sanding machines and dusters
• Mixes and matches paints to correspond with existing colors
• Applies paint to the exterior and interior of buildings, furniture, and structural steel using a brush, roller, or spray gun and erects and removes scaffolding as necessary
• Lines and paints gymnasium floors for a variety of physical education activities
• Performs incidental tasks such as lining yards and playgrounds, frosting glass, and calcimining walls and ceilings
• Erect scaffolding as needed
• Perform related work as required
• Must maintain a valid driver’s license
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• Knowledge of the practices, methods, tools, and equipment used in erecting scaffolds
• Knowledge of the hazards and safety precautions of the painting trade
• Ability to work at heights from scaffolding
• Ability to observe safety precautions in carrying out assigned tasks
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions
• Skill in the use of standard tools and materials of the painting trade

Experience:

• Minimum of six years of journeyman-level interior and exterior painting experience including experience in glazing and the operation of airless and conventional spray equipment
• Knowledge of the qualities and adaptabilities of various painting and finishing materials such as paints, varnishes, stains, shellac, lacquers, enamels, and solvents; and methods of preparing surfaces for finishing mixing materials to contain desired color and quality

Education:

• High School Diploma or Equivalent (required)

Physical Requirements:

• Must be physically able to operate a motor vehicle
• Must be able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, carry, push, and pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body
• Light work usually requires walking or standing to a significant degree

Working Conditions and Environment:

• Work is routinely performed in a typical interior/office environment
• Very limited or no exposure to physical risk

Disclaimer:

The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned.

In connection with hiring for this position, the district shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or national origin.