Painter

Painter

The General Services Department is seeking Painters to perform general painting, restoration & refinishing techniques to reduce replacement costs and enhance the life of equipment, furnishings, and facilities. The duties for this position include but are not limited to:

• Receive and complete work orders, identifying and addressing necessary repairs on buildings, grounds, and equipment through established inspection procedures.
• Maintain accurate records of materials and labor used, oversee inventory of tools, and assist with inventory control of materials and equipment
• Select premixed paints or mix required portions of pigment, oil, and thinning and drying substances to prepare paint to match specified colors.
• Perform general painting, restoration and refinishing techniques, e.g., spray and brush painting, varnishing, priming, scraping, floating and taping
• Paint surfaces using brushes, spray guns, paint rollers, or other methods to achieve required effects, and stain, seal, and varnish wood surfaces
• Prepare surfaces for painting by sanding, removing old paint, filling holes, cracks, and joints with appropriate filler, taping, floating, and texturing walls and ceilings
• Erect scaffolding, set up ladders, or use hoists to perform tasks above ground level
• Operate tools and equipment according to established safety procedures
• Inspect jobs upon completion and ensure areas are clean and excess materials are removed as needed
• Perform preventive maintenance on tools and equipment and ensure that equipment is in safe operating condition
• Follow established safety procedures and techniques to perform job duties including lifting and climbing
• Correct unsafe conditions in work area and promptly report any conditions that are not immediately correctable to supervisor
• Follow established procedures for locking, checking, and safeguarding facilities
• Attend training classes and seminars as directed

The position involves considerable physical exertion, such as regular climbing of ladders, lifting of heavy objects (up to 80 pounds) on a highly frequent basis and/or assuming awkward positions for long periods of time.

Posture: Frequent standing, kneeling/squatting, bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting

Motion: Frequent walking, bending, climbing stairs/ladders/scaffolding, grasping/squeezing, wrist flexion/extension, and overhead reaching; frequent driving

There are routine exposures to significant levels of heat, cold, moisture and air pollution. The position may involve periodic exposure to chemical substances and physical trauma of a minor nature such as cuts, bruises and minor burns.

Environment: Work outside and inside, on slippery or uneven walking surfaces; frequent exposure to extreme hot and cold temperatures and excessive humidity and dampness, dust, fumes, smoke, gas, toxic chemicals and materials, solvents, grease, oil; noise, vibration, and electrical hazards; work around machinery with moving parts, moving.