JOB KEY FOR
PAINTING, COATING, & SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS & TENDERS
Coating Machine Operators or Tenders operate or tend machines to coat
any of a wide variety of items, such as coating food products with
sugar, chocolate and butter, coating paper and paper products with
chemical solutions, wax, and glazes, or coating fabric with rubber or
plastic. Painting and Spraying Machine Operators and Tenders operate
or tend machines to spray or paint decorative, protective, or other
finish or coating, such as adhesive, lacquer, paint, stain, latex,
preservative, or oil, to any of a wide variety of items or materials,
such as wood and wood products, ceramics, and glass. This occupation
includes workers who apply coating or finish to products with solutions
or materials preparatory to consumer use or further processing.
Local estimates of jobs in this occupation are not available.