Profession paint mixer

Paint mixers operate and maintain machines that mix lacquers, solvents and paints in order to produce paint, making sure the end product is according to the specified formula.

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Personality Type

Skills

  • Tend paint mixer

    Tend machines that mix lacquer stain and paint in order to obtain as end product paint of the required specifications.

  • Monitor valves

    Monitor and accordingly adjust the valves in order to allow a specific amount of liquids (such as ammonia sulfuric acid or viscous soap) or steam into the mixer or machine.

  • Monitor environmental parameters

    Check the impact of manufacturing machinery on the environment, analysing temperature levels, water quality and air pollution.

  • Prepare paint ingredients

    Prepare the paint ingredients to be mixed such as thinner, solvent, paint or lacquer making sure they are correctly weighted and are accroding to the specified formula.

  • Measure chemical substance viscosity

    Measure the viscosity of the mixed ingredients by using a viscosimeter.

Optional knowledge and skills

manage delivery of raw materials pump paint filter paint optimise production processes parameters clean mixer write batch record documentation manufacturing plant equipment

Source: Sisyphus ODB