Painter-decorator, buildings

Painters and related workers prepare the surfaces of buildings and other structures for painting, apply protective and decorative coats of paint or similar materials, and hang wallpaper and similar coverings on interior walls.

• cleaning and preparing walls and other building surfaces for painting or wallpapering;
• selecting and preparing the required paint colours by mixing pigments and colourants;
• applying or spraying paints, varnishes and similar materials to surfaces and fixtures in buildings;
• hanging wallpaper and similar coverings on interior walls and ceilings;
• applying paints, varnishes or stains to surfaces with brushes, rollers and spray guns.
• Examples of occupations in this unit group:
• Painter, buildings
• Paperhanger