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O*NET detailed work activityApply paint to surfaces
Stays humanHands-on work
10 jobs11 tasks
This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.
Part of Apply protective solutions or coatings, under the O*NET work activity group Handling and Moving Objects. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 1 AI-assist, 10 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Apply paint, stain, varnish, enamel, or other finishes to equipment, buildings, bridges, or other structures, using brushes, spray guns, or rollers.
- Apply reflective roof coatings, such as special paints or single-ply roofing sheets, to existing roofs to reduce solar heat absorption.
- Paint a variety of objects related to electrical functions.
- Mop, brush, or spread paints, cleaning solutions, or other compounds over surfaces to clean them or to provide protection.
- Paint railroad signs, such as speed limits or gate-crossing warnings.
- Paint traffic control lines and place pavement traffic messages, by hand or using machines.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Use materials such as pens and ink, watercolors, charcoal, oil, or computer software to create artwork.
- Perform on-site field work which may involve interviewing people, inspecting and identifying artifacts, note-taking, viewing sites and collections, and repainting exhibition spaces.
- Spray materials, such as water, sand, steam, vinyl, paint, or stucco, through hoses to clean, coat, or seal surfaces.
- Paint structures as specified, using paint sprayers.
- Paint bicycle frames, using spray guns or brushes.