Occupational Employment Statistics
51-9124 Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Set up, operate, or tend spraying or rolling machines to coat or paint any of a wide variety of products, including glassware, cloth, ceramics, metal, plastic, paper, or wood, with lacquer, silver, copper, rubber, varnish, glaze, enamel, oil, or rust-proofing materials. Includes painters of transportation vehicles such as painters in auto body repair facilities. Excludes ?Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic? (51-4193).
Northeast Minnesota
| 110 | 17 | $25.84/hr | $18.19/hr | $21.89/hr | $24.07/hr | $30.77/hr | $32.36/hr |
Construction | N/A | N/A |
Manufacturing | 2,540 | $24.11/hr |
Trade, Transportation and Utilities | 310 | $25.24/hr |
Professional and Business Services | 210 | $15.43/hr |
Other Services | 310 | $26.32/hr |
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
| 380 | $19.35/hr | 6.6% |
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 140 | $17.99/hr | -11.1% |
Conveyor Operators and Tenders
| 640 | $22.16/hr | 6.1% |
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 4,170 | $19.54/hr | -2.3% |
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 1,700 | $24.48/hr | -1.6% |
Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 1,800 | $21.94/hr | -3.2% |
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
| 44,640 | $19.46/hr | 6.5% |
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 3,630 | $19.30/hr | -3.1% |
Printing Press Operators
| 6,250 | $19.98/hr | -9.5% |
- Operate auxiliary machines or equipment used in coating or painting processes.
- Examine, measure, weigh, or test sample products to ensure conformance to specifications.
- Observe machine gauges and equipment operation to detect defects or deviations from standards, and make adjustments as necessary.
- Hold or position spray guns to direct spray onto articles.
- Turn dials, handwheels, valves, or switches to regulate conveyor speeds, machine temperature, air pressure and circulation, and the flow or spray of coatings or paints.
- Remove materials, parts, or workpieces from painting or coating machines, using hand tools.
- Determine paint flow, viscosity, and coating quality by performing visual inspections, or by using viscometers.
- Record operational data on specified forms.
- Start and stop operation of machines, using levers or buttons.
- Attach hoses or nozzles to machines, using wrenches and pliers, and make adjustments to obtain the proper dispersion of spray.