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About This Occupation
Paint walls, equipment, buildings, bridges, and other structural surfaces, using brushes, rollers, and spray guns. May remove old paint to prepare surface prior to painting. May mix colors or oils to obtain desired color or consistency.
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Software, Tools, or Technology
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Aerial lifts
Air compressors
Airless spray equipment
Blow torches
Bosun chairs
Bucket trucks
Caulking guns
Chippers
Chipping hammers
Circle cutters
Combing tools
Contractor City Contractor Forms Pack
Conventional spray equipment
Corel Paint Shop Pro
Corel Painter
Desktop computers
Disk sanders
Drywall axes
Drywall hammers
Drywall lifters
Drywall ripping tools
Drywall taping knives
Electric grinders
Electric paint removers
Evergreen Technology Eagle Bid Estimating
Evergreen Technology Total Faux
Extension ladders
Float trowels
Floor scrapers
Forklifts
Glass scrapers
Glaziers' knives
Glue guns
Grout removal tools
Hammers
Hard hats
Heat guns
High velocity low pressure HVLP spraying equipment
Hoists
Hopper guns
Hydraulic lifts
Hydroblasters
Insight Direct ServiceCEO
Ladders
Laser printers
Line lasers
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Word
Mobile scaffolds
Notebook computers
On Center Quick Bid
Paint brush cleaner spinners
Paint brushes
Paint lead testing kits
Paint rollers
Paint shakers
Paint strainers
Paint stripping equipment
Painting edgers
Patching knives
Personal computers
Personal digital assistants PDA
Platforms
Pneumatic spray texture guns
Power brushes
Power drills
Power paint mixers
Power rollers
Power sanders
Power saws
Pressure washers
Putty chisels
Putty knives
Respirators
Riggings
Sage ACT!
Sandblasters
Saws
Scaffolding
Scoring tools
Screwdrivers
Seam rollers
Single-cut mill saw files
Slings
Spackling knives
Spray guns
Spray texture guns
Spreadsheet software
Steam cleaning equipment
Stencils
Stilts
Striping machines
Striping tools
Stripper brushes
Stucco patching guns
Swing stages
Temperature gauges
Texturing trowels
Tinting machines
Trim guides
Trowels
Turtle Creek Software Goldenseal
Utility knives
Wallpaper steamers
Wire brushes
Word processing software
Work boots
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Construct, erect, install, and repair structures and fixtures of wood, plywood, and wallboard, using carpenter's hand tools and power tools.
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