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Apply finishes to artwork, crafts, or displays

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 decorative finishes, 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, 0 AI-assist, 4 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Enhance, retouch, and resize photographs and negatives, using airbrushing and other techniques.Stays human Photographers
• Apply finishes to objects being crafted.Stays human Craft Artists
• Brush or spray protective or decorative finishes on completed background panels, informational legends, exhibit accessories, or finished paintings.Stays human Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Use materials such as pens and ink, watercolors, charcoal, oil, or computer software to create artwork.Stays human Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators