In General
The Aviation Painter is responsible for the direct hands-on labor necessary to complete the aircraft painting process to company and customer specifications.

Essential Duties:
The Aviation Painter is directly responsible for the following essential duties:

•Compliance of all health, safety, and environmental policies, procedures, and processes, including the proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
•Cleaning and preparing the operational areas of the site for aircraft painting activities.
•Staging the aircraft for the aircraft painting activities prior to the commencement of the aircraft painting process.
•Masking activities to protect the “not-to-paint” areas of the aircraft.
•Pre-paint preparation of the “to-paint” areas of the aircraft, including but not limited to cleaning, paint removal and sanding and abrading as may be required by process.
•Positioning of stencils and other production aids which facilitate the aircraft painting in accordance with customer specifications.
•Mixing paints.
•Painting with electrostatic and HVLP equipment.
•Reads and interprets aircraft paint drawings and follows them accurately to accomplish paint job and ensures regulatory, emergency, and other customer placards are correct.
•Reads instructions and all cautions/warnings
otes information as necessary for proper and safe completion of assigned work.
•Installing mandatory and technical marking to the aircraft by paint or sticker decals as required.
•Ensures proper cleaning and maintenance of spray guns and other painting equipment.
•Additional and secondary duties supporting aircraft painting activities, such as cleaning technical areas, organizing production materials, etc. may be assigned from time to time.

Physical Demands:
•Able to lift, crawl, kneel, bend and rotate without restrictions.
•Ability to walk / stand and climb stairs for majority of shift
•Able to climb and walk-up industrial scaffolding in multiple sections.
•Must be able to wear respirator and other required PPE during shift.
•Must be able to move around the office and plant throughout the day and reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel or crouch occasionally.
•Must be able to use fingers, hands, writs to grab and hold heavy equipment.
•Must have the ability to climb in a safe manner (climbing as a minimum includes stairs, scaffolding, ladders, and ramps.
•Ability to see clearly with or without lenses.
•Ability to hear clearly with or without aids.
•Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
•Able to operate manlift, scissor lift and forklifts.

Working Conditions:
•Climate Controlled Aircraft Hangar.
•Exposure to loud noise.
•Exposure to chemicals (proper PPE and training provided).
•Able to work safely at heights and/or confined spaces.
•Fast paced environment.