Vehicle Paint Technicians
What they do most days?
Cleans and maintains spray equipment, protective clothing and spraying booth.
Removes masking materials and refits external fittings after completion of spraying.
Applies vinyl stickers and wraps to the bodywork of vehicles.
Uses hand or electrostatic spray gun to coat surfaces, adjusting nozzle and pressure valves of the gun as required.
Consults vehicle colour code, chooses appropriate paint or mixes paint to achieve desired consistency and colour.
Applies masking material to protect areas not to be coated and removes any external fixtures.
Hard Skills
Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.
Soft Skills
Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.