Painter II

POSITION GOAL: Reporting to the Paint Cell Leader, this position will be for someone who will be able to develop the skills required for cleaning and preparing buses for secondary finish paint applications. They will also be able to develop the skills required to apply primers and finish paint coatings, with guidance from the Painter 1, while following the existing procedures developed by our coating’s supplier and New Flyer.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Must be able to apply tape and/or decals in accordance to customer requirements. Must be able to complete all assigned training in the time allotted. Must be able to pass all sections of our paint application skills evaluation after all training is complete. Skills training includes: Must have wrist flexibility to insure proper spray technique, insure paint gun travels straight, even coat of material, proper on and off triggering of paint gun. Must insure paint gun is the proper distance from surface being painted and correct overlap is being followed. Must be able to identify and repair any defects found before applying coatings. Must be able to properly prep the bus for finish coatings including masking, taping, using blower to remove loose dirt and debris, cleaning, and tacking. Must be able to break down, clean, and rebuild spray gun as necessary. Must be able to wear a full-face respirator, gloves and paint suit while applying coatings. Must be able to perform all spray gun set-up checks as required before application of coatings process. Must follow all company 5s standards.

Requirements

• Fill out hand spray check sheet for each color.
• Blow out booth before rolling bus in. This includes behind the robot rail.
• Remove scrap paper, scotch-brite, etc. before painting the bus.
• Clean bus that sits over the weekend.
• Scotch any bus that needs paint if it sits more than 3 days. (Long weekend)
• All secondary containers must be labeled accordingly
• All flammables must be covered, labeled and stored overnight in a fire cabinet.
• All buses sprayed with robots must have check sheet completed.
• Booth doors are to remain closed unless you are moving a bus.
• Buses that are ready for paint should not be touched with bare skin or clothing. Gloves and Tyvex suits are to be worn.
• Trash is to be taken out at the end of the day.
• Record paint shake data in book provided in mix room