cleaning and preparing walls and other surfaces of buildings for painting or wallpapering
// Unit group · 7131
Painters and Related Workers
Painters and related workers prepare surfaces of buildings and other structures for painting, apply protective and decorative coats of paint or similar materials, or cover interior walls and ceilings of buildings with wallpaper or other finishes.
7 Craft and Related Trades Workers / 71 Building and Related Trades Workers (excluding Electricians) / 713 Painters, Building Structure Cleaners and Related Trades Workers / All level 4
// Working conditions
// Hand tools
selecting and preparing paints to required colours by mixing pigments and additives
applying or spraying paint, varnish, and similar materials to surfaces, fixtures and fittings of buildings
measuring and hanging wallpaper or other fabrics on interior walls and ceilings
applying paints, varnishes and stains to surfaces using brushes, rollers and sprays.
Included occupations
Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Building painter
- Paperhanger
Indexed job titles 18
- Hanger, wallpaperISCO-88 7141
- Mixer, paintISCO-88 7141
- Painter, brush: constructionISCO-88 7141
- Painter, buildingISCO-88 7141
- Painter, constructionISCO-88 7141
- Painter, houseISCO-88 7141
- Painter, motion picture setISCO-88 7141
- Painter, outside: constructionISCO-88 7141
- Painter, ship's hullISCO-88 7141
- Painter, stage sceneryISCO-88 7141
- Painter, structural steelISCO-88 7141
- Painter-decorator, buildingsISCO-88 7141
- Painter-decorator, wallcarpetingISCO-88 7141
- Painter-decorator, wallcoveringISCO-88 7141
- Painter-decorator, wallpaperingISCO-88 7141
- PaperhangerISCO-88 7141
- Spray-painter, constructionISCO-88 7141
- WhitewasherISCO-88 7141