Paint Technician
Hour-based
ONET: 51-9124.00
3
Years
384h
Related instructions
6000h
On-the-job training
Classroom instruction topics
- Year 1 - Shop Safety
- Year 1 - PPE
- Year 1 - Prepping: Material Usage
- Year 1 - Prepping: Sanding/Surface Prep
- Year 1 - Prepping: Masking
- Year 1 - Refinish Technician ProLevel 1
- Year 2 - Shop Safety Review
- Year 2 - Priming
- Year 2 - Blocking, Feather Edging
- Year 2 - Measuring & Mixing
- Year 2 - Back Masking
- Year 2 - Spraying Technique
- Year 2 - Refinish Technician ProLevel 2
- Year 3 - Spray Booth Equipment & Operations
- Year 3 - Color Mixing, Tinting
- Year 3 - Underlayer, Base Cost, Clear Coat
- Year 3 - Shop Safety Review
- Year 3 - Respirator Fitting & Testing
- Year 3 - Refinish Technician ProLevel 3
On-the-job training
- Introduction and observation of refinishing automobiles and trucks
- Cleaning and prepping metal, plastic surfaces to be painted
- Featheredge of repair
- Masking around panels to be painted
- Sandblasting and other methods of removing paint
- Sanding intermediate coats
- Rubbing compound and polishing finish coats
- Adjusting spray gun and spraying base coats
- Adjusting spray gun and spraying clear coat
- Operating computerized mixing system and scale
- Spot or blend repairs and mixing paint toners
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