Painter (Offshore)

Qualifications & experience

Minimum 2 years' experience working on Drilling rigs

Tasks & responsibilities

- Spray paints and sandblasts heavy equipment, such as concrete mixer trucks, boom trucks, and payloaders, using spray gun and sandblasting equipment.
- Cleans and prepares surface for painting, using air-powered sandblasting equipment.
- Applies paper and masking tape to protect unpainted surfaces, such as windows and trim.
- Stencils lettering and other identifying information on vehicles according to specifications.
- Selects paint according to company color scheme and specifications.
- Stirs paint, pours paint into spray container, and applies primer or finish coat of paint, using spray gun.
- Paints areas inaccessible to spray gun, using paint brush.
- Disassembles paint and sandblasting equipment and cleans equipment, using solvent, wire brushes, and dry cloth.
- Cleans grease, dirt, dried concrete, old paint, and rust from equipment, using solvent, water, rags, brushes, pneumatic wire brush, and chipping hammer.