Adelaide Builders Pty Ltd
Unit 1, 21 Jacobsen Crescent, HOLDEN HILL SA 5088
Our client is a family owned and operated residential building company delivering quality homes in Adelaide, South Australia. They seek a full-time Painter. The following key attributes and responsibilities will remain an essential part of the role.
1. Apply coats of paint, varnish, stain, enamel, or lacquer to decorate as well as protect interior or exterior surfaces.
2. Read blueprints/instructions and examining surfaces to determine the kind and amount of work necessary.
3. Read work order or receive instructions from supervisor/homeowner regarding painting.
4. Smooth surfaces, using sandpaper, brushes, or steel wool and additionally remove old paint from surfaces, using paint remover, scraper, wire brush, or blowtorch to prepare surfaces for painting.
5. Make on-site preparations such as building scaffolding, covering fixtures etc.
6. Fill nail holes, cracks and joints with appropriate material caulk, putty, plaster.
7. Select premixed paints, or mixes required portions of pigment, oil for required color
8. Paint surfaces according to instructions with various tools like brushes, spray gun and paint rollers.
9. Thin drying substances to prepare paint that matches specified colors.
10. Remove fixtures, like pictures, electric switch covers, from walls prior to painting, using screwdriver.
11. Spread drop cloths over floors as well as room furnishings, and also cover surfaces, like baseboards, door frames and windows to protect surfaces during painting.
12. Create special effects like wood grain, marble, brick, or tile effects by applying paint with cloth, brush, sponge etc.
13. Put up scaffolding or setting up ladders to perform tasks above ground level.
14. Wash surfaces prior to painting with mildew remover, using brush.
15. Apply wallpaper fabrics.
16. Estimate costs involved and negotiating prices.
Start Date
The expected start date is in November 2024.
Salary
This is Full Time Permanent role with a salary ranging between $60,000.00 – $80,000.00
Experience
The ideal applicant will have no less than 3 years-experience as a Painter Trades Worker. The pay range will be dictated by the level of experience, skill and knowledge you have.
Qualifications
Minimum AQF Certificate III.
Holden Hill 5088
