Painter

REF 1509930

17.04.2024 | Dubai | full time

Description: Wood Painter
• Finishes or refinishes damaged, worn, or used furniture or new high-grade furniture to specify color or finish, utilizing knowledge of wood properties, finishes, and furniture styling.
• Disassembles article, masks areas adjacent to areas being finished, or removes accessories like knobs hinges, using hand tools, to prepare article for finishing.
• Removes old finish from surfaces, using steel wool, sandpaper, or solvent putty knife.
• Removes excess solvent with cloth immersed in paint thinner or salsoda.
• Applies plastic-putty, wood putty, or lacquer-stick to surface, using spatula or knife, to fill nicks, depressions, holes, and cracks.
• Smooths surface for finishing, using sandpaper or power sander.
• Selects finish ingredients mixes them by hand or machine to obtain specified color or shade or to match existing finish.
• Brushes or sprays successive coats of stain, varnish, shellac, lacquer, or paint on workpiece.
• Grains wood or paints wood trim, using graining roller, comb, sponge, or brush.
• Polishes waxes finished surfaces.
• May restore wood to natural color, using bleaching acid neutralizer.
• May spread graining ink over metal portions of surfaces with cheesecloth to simulate woodgrain like finish.
• May stain and finish surfaces of new furniture pieces to simulate antiques, bringing out highlights shadings by rubbing surfaces with abrasives or cloth, and be designated Antique furniture.

Requirements: Age: between 25 to 45 years old
Educational Qualification: Completion of Secondary Education (12 years) followed by two years formal training in painting.
Job Qualifications:
• at least 5 years of experience on the same role
• good communication in English
• must have trade qualification certificate by a recognized paint manufacturer.
• Aware of Paint Suitability, Storage and Mixing, Paint Application Equipment, Paint Application Methodology and Repair of Damaged Paintwork