Painter

Description

As a Painter, you will perform skilled painting jobs on furniture, buildings, and other areas within and/or around the hotel property.

Responsibilities:

- Cleans and maintains brushes and other tools utilized after every painting job.

- Effectively mixes and matches various types of paint.

- Demonstrates appropriate usage of paint brushes, thinner, and other tools and equipment.

- Inspects the walls and decides upon the number of paint coats that will be required.

- Maintains quality and standards of work.

- Applies paint, stain, varnish, enamel, and other finishes to equipment, buildings, and/or other structures, using brushes, spray guns, or rollers.

- Applies primers or sealers to prepare new surfaces, such as bare wood or metal, for finish coats.

- Mixes and matches colors of paint, stain, or varnish with oil and thinning and drying additives to obtain desired colors and consistencies.

- Fills nail holes, joints, and cracks in walls with plaster or other filler.

- Covers surfaces with drop cloths or masking tape and removes fixtures such as pictures, door knobs, lamps, and electric switch covers prior to painting.

- Calculates amounts of required materials and estimates costs, based on surface measurements

and/or work orders.

- Performs all work in accordance with established safety procedures.

- Requisitions new painting supplies and equipment.

Requirements

- Typically requires a high school diploma and 0 to 5 years of experience.

- Performs work under direct supervision.

- Handles basic issues and problems, and refers more complex issues to higher-level staff.

- Possesses beginning to working knowledge of subject matter.

- Oral and written communication skills.

- Ability to understand and follow directions.

- Manual dexterity.

- Ability to lift/move heavy objects.

- Physical stamina.