Painter - Facility Operations

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Pittsburg State University is accepting applications for a Painter in

the Facility Operations department. The primary function of the Painter

is to apply paints, stains, and other materials to walls, ceilings,

furniture, and equipment in addition to irregular surfaces such as

streets, parking lots and athletic play areas.

**Duties and Responsibilities:**

**40%**- Performs skilled painting, finishing, and varnishing; mixes and

matches colors and shades of paint; applies paint with rollers, brushes,

or spray gun; stains and seals wood floors; re-coats wood floors;

finishes and varnishes paneling, cabinets, furniture, and walls; paints

exterior masonry of buildings; stripes crosswalks and paints curbs;

paints walls, floors, ceilings, sheetrock, bleachers, building

exteriors, etc.; prepares surfaces to be painted or varnished; scrapes

rust and loose paint; sands; fills holes; dusts surfaces; uses liquid

remover on old paint and varnish; sets up ladders and/or scaffolding;

lays down drop cloths and tarps; removes old paint spots. Additional

standards for this category include: sets up scaffold in such a way as

to insure safety of self and others; uses correct paint or varnish for

each job; covers floors or equipment and furniture with drop cloths to

cut down on clean up time; always takes enough drop cloths and material

to the job to properly cover floors and furniture to avoid excess clean

up time and trips to the paint shop; recognizes that a properly prepared

surface and the correct paint or varnish will make a job last longer and

result in a saving of man hours.

**25%**- Performs dry walling of sheetrock to include surface

preparation, taping, mudding, and sanding; applies protective coatings

on roofs; glazes and putties windows and glass doors; caulks doors and

windows; sands wood floors; chips steel on water towers and air

conditioning stands. Checks windows for glazing, removes all loose

putty, nails back or replaces loose boards, and makes minor repairs;

performs other miscellaneous carpentry repairs.

**20%**- Removes old plaster and re-plasters walls and ceilings; makes

minor repairs on stucco walls; re-papers walls and installs wall

coverings and decorative work; blows on textured ceilings; repairs

cement walls and foundations; performs preparatory work; operates

texture machine; performs minor cement repair.

**10%**- Performs mechanical repairs, maintenance, and adjustments on

equipment such as stripers, spray guns, water blaster, sand blaster,

sanding machines, etc.; operates fork lift and equipment listed in

previous sentence; cleans equipment after each use.

**5%**- Maintains shop equipment, tools, and materials; requisitions

materials from storeroom; cleans shop area; drives vehicle to and from

job site; moves materials to job site; performs other tasks as necessary

for smooth plant operations. Additional standards for this category

include: all materials, tools, and vehicles kept secured; no loss of

tools, equipment, or keys; no breakdowns due to poor maintenance of

equipment; realize that a job can be done much faster and better when

your tools and equipment are kept in good repair. Other duties as

assigned.