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O*NET detailed work activityPaint surfaces or equipment
Stays humanHands-on work
9 jobs10 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, 0 AI-assist, 10 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Remove all dirt, foreign matter, and loose glass from damaged areas, apply primer along windshield or window edges, and allow primer to dry.
- Prime all scratches on pinchwelds with primer and allow to dry.
- Prime and paint repaired surfaces, using paint sprayguns and motorized sanders.
- Paint car exteriors, interiors, and fixtures.
- Paint or varnish decks, superstructures, lifeboats, or sides of ships.
- Paint or repair roofs, windows, doors, floors, woodwork, plaster, drywall, or other parts of building structures.
- Paint structures as specified, using paint sprayers.
- Prepare and paint aircraft surfaces.
- Paint bicycle frames, using spray guns or brushes.