Overview
All Vehicle Painters
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$1,406 Weekly Pay
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Stable Future Growth
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9,600 workers Employment Size
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Medium skill Skill level rating
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91% Full-Time Full-Time Share
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42 hours Average full-time
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36 years Average age
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2% female Gender Share
Vehicle Painters prepare surfaces of vehicles, match and mix colours and apply paint.
Also known as: Vehicle Refinisher.
You can work as a Vehicle Painter without formal qualifications if you are able to demonstrate your technical competency to employers. However, a certificate III in automotive refinishing technology or another relevant vehicle painting course is usually required. This course is often completed as part of an apprenticeship.
Tasks
- removing rough spots on vehicle panels
- sanding surfaces by hand and with power sanders
- masking areas not to be painted with tape and paper
- colour matching and mixing paints to match paint shades, and selecting pre-mixed paint
- applying primer and finishing coats using spray-guns, and sanding surfaces between coats
- touching up paintwork and applying polish to vehicles
- removing masking papers, and waxing and polishing finished paintwork
- painting signs and artwork on vehicles
- treating vehicles with rust-proofing chemicals
Prospects
There were 9,600 Vehicle Painters in 2020. The number of workers:
- fell over the past 5 years
- is expected to stay about the same over the next five years
- is likely to reach 9,400 by 2025.
Source: ABS Labour Force Survey, seasonally adjusted data to November 2020 and National Skills Commission Employment Projections to 2025. The number employed includes people who work in this occupation as their main job. People who work in more than one job are counted against the occupation they work the most hours in.
Employment Snapshot
- Size: This is a small occupation.
- Location: Vehicle Painters work in many regions of Australia.
- Industries: Most work in Other Services; Manufacturing; and Construction.
- Earnings: Full-time workers on an adult wage earn around $1,406 per week (similar to the average of $1,460). Earnings tend to be lower when starting out and higher as experience grows.
- Full-time: Most work full-time (91%, much higher than the average of 66%).
- Hours: Full-time workers spend around 42 hours per week at work (compared to the average of 44 hours).
- Age: The average age is 36 years (compared to the average of 40 years).
- Gender: 2% of workers are female (compared to the average of 48%).
Employment Outlook
Source: ABS Labour Force Survey, ABS seasonally adjusted data to November 2020 and National Skills Commission Employment Projections to 2025.
Weekly Earnings
Source: Based on ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours (cat. no. 6306.0), May 2018, Customised Report. Median weekly total cash earnings for full-time non-managerial employees paid at the adult rate. Earnings are before tax and include amounts salary sacrificed. Earnings can vary greatly depending on the skills and experience of the worker and the demands of the role. These figures should be used as a guide only, not to determine a wage rate.
Main Industries
Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Industries are based on the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC 06).
States and Territories
NSW
VIC
QLD
SA
WA
TAS
NT
ACT
Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Share of workers across Australian States and Territories, in this job compared to the all jobs average.
Age Profile
Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Age profile of workers in this job compared to the all jobs average.
Education Level
Source: ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Highest qualification completed by workers in this job (in any field of study). Qualifications needed by new workers might be different from the qualifications of workers already in the job.
Pathways
You can work as a Vehicle Painter without formal qualifications if you are able to demonstrate your technical competency to employers. However, a certificate III in automotive refinishing technology or another relevant vehicle painting course is usually required. This course is often completed as part of an apprenticeship.
Before starting a course, check it will provide you with the skills and qualifications you need. Visit
- My Skills to compare Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses, providers and student outcomes.
- AAPathways website to explore Automotive Retail, Service and Repair VET training pathways.
Skills & Knowledge
Employers look for Vehicle Painters who are reliable, work well in a team and have a strong work ethic.
Filter Skills & Knowledge
Knowledge
These are important topics, subjects or knowledge areas.
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Chemistry
Chemical composition, structure, and properties. How chemicals are made, used, mixed, and can change.
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Mechanical
Machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
-
Production and processing
Raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and ways of making and distributing goods.
-
Administration and management
Business principles involved in strategic planning, leadership, and coordinating people and resources.
-
Mathematics
Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics.
-
English language
English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
-
Education and training
Curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
-
Customer and personal service
Understanding customer needs, providing good quality service, and measuring customer satisfaction.
-
Sales and marketing
Showing, promoting, and selling including marketing strategy, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
-
Technical design
Design techniques, tools, and principles used to make detailed technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
-
Public safety and security
Use of equipment, rules and ideas to protect people, data, property, and institutions.
-
Engineering and technology
Use engineering, science and technology to design and produce goods and services.
-
Personnel and human resources
Recruiting and training people, managing pay and other entitlements (like sick leave), and negotiating pay and conditions.
-
Clerical
Word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office work.
-
Economics and accounting
Economics and accounting, the financial markets, banking and checking and reporting of financial data.
-
Computers and electronics
Circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
-
Law and government
How our laws and courts work. Government rules and regulations, and the political system.
-
History and archeology
Events of the past, their causes, how we learn about them, and how they influence the way we live today.
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Psychology
Human behaviour; differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; research methods; assessing and treating disorders.
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Transportation
Moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road.
Skills
Skills can be improved through training or experience.
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Operation and control
Controlling equipment or systems.
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Quality control analysis
Doing tests and checking products, services, or processes to make sure they are working properly.
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Coordination with others
Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.
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Monitoring
Keeping track of how well work is progressing so you can make changes or improvements.
-
Operation monitoring
Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
-
Critical thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
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Time management
Managing your own and other peoples' time to get work done.
-
Active listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
-
Judgment and decision making
Figuring out the pros and cons of different options and choosing the best one.
-
Speaking
Talking to others.
-
Equipment maintenance
Maintaining equipment and deciding what maintenance will be needed in the future.
-
Equipment selection
Deciding on the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
-
Social perceptiveness
Understanding why people react the way they do.
-
Troubleshooting
Figuring out why a machine or system went wrong and working out what to do about it.
-
Reading comprehension
Reading work related information.
-
Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.
-
Complex problem solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
-
Management of personnel resources
Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, and choosing the best people for the job.
-
Active learning
Being able to use what you have learnt to solve problems now and again in the future.
-
Repairing
Fixing machines or systems.
Abilities
Workers use these physical and mental abilities.
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Colour discrimination
Notice differences between colours, including shades of colour and brightness.
-
Near vision
See details that are up-close (within a few feet).
-
Extent flexibility
Bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
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Arm-hand steadiness
Keep your hand or arm steady.
-
Control precision
Quickly change the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat.
-
Finger dexterity
Put together small parts with your fingers.
-
Manual dexterity
Quickly move your hand to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
-
Trunk strength
Use your abdominal and lower back muscles a number of times without 'giving out' or fatiguing.
-
Visualization
Imagine how something will look after it is moved around or changed.
-
Far vision
See details that are far away.
-
Multilimb coordination
Use your arms and/or legs at the same time while sitting, standing, or lying down.
-
Selective attention
Pay attention to something without being distracted.
-
Static strength
Lift, push, pull, or carry things.
-
Oral comprehension
Listen to and understand what people say.
-
Oral expression
Communicate by speaking.
-
Problem spotting
Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong, even if you can't solve the problem.
-
Deductive reasoning
Use general rules to find answers or solve problems logically.
-
Sorting or ordering
Order or arrange things in a pattern or sequence (e.g., numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
-
Depth perception
Decide which thing is closer or further away from you, or decide how far away it is.
-
Categorising
Come up with different ways of grouping things.
Activities
These are kinds of activities workers regularly do in this job.
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Handling and moving objects
Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, moving and manipulating objects.
-
Keeping your knowledge up-to-date
Keeping up-to-date with technology and new ideas.
-
Thinking creatively
Using your own ideas for developing, designing, or creating something new.
-
Monitoring people, processes and things
Checking objects, actions, or events, and keeping an eye out for problems.
-
Making decisions and solving problems
Using information to work out the best solution and solve problems.
-
Planning and prioritising work
Deciding on goals and putting together a detailed plan to get the work done.
-
Working with mechanical equipment
Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment.
-
Doing physically active work
Use your arms, legs and whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling objects.
-
Controlling equipment or machines
Operating machines or processes either directly or using controls (not including computers or vehicles).
-
Assessing and evaluating things
Working out the value, importance, or quality of things, services or people.
-
Coordinating the work of a team
Getting members of a group to work together to finish a task.
-
Looking for changes over time
Comparing objects, actions, or events. Looking for differences between them or changes over time.
-
Checking for errors or defects
Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials for errors, problems or defects.
-
Communicating within a team
Giving information to co-workers by telephone, in writing, or in person.
-
Checking compliance with standards
Deciding whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
-
Researching and investigating
Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.
-
Scheduling work and activities
Working out the timing of events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
-
Estimating amounts, costs and resources
Working out sizes, distances, amounts, time, costs, resources, or materials needed for a task.
-
Driving vehicles or equipment
Running, manoeuvring, navigating, or driving things like forklifts, vehicles, aircraft, or water craft.
-
Documenting or recording information
Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.

O*NET is a trademark of the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.
The skills and importance ratings on this page are derived from the US Department of Labor O*NET Database Version 21.2, 51-9122.00 - Painters, Transportation Equipment.
Work Environment
Learn about the daily activities, and physical and social demands faced by workers. Explore the values and work styles that workers rate as most important.
Filter Work Environment
Demands
The physical and social demands workers face most often are shown below.
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Exposure to contaminants
Be exposed to pollutants, gases, dust or odours.
-
Dangerous conditions
Work near dangers like high voltage electricity, flammable material, explosives or chemicals.
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Using your hands to handle, control, or feel
Spend time using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls.
-
Spend time standing
Spend time standing at work.
-
Wear common protective or safety equipment
Wear equipment like safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets.
-
Wear specialized protective or safety equipment
Wear equipment like breathing apparatus, safety harness, full protection suits, or radiation protection.
-
Being exact or accurate
Be very exact or highly accurate.
-
Walking and running
Spend time walking and running.
-
Bending or twisting your body
Spend time bending or twisting your body.
-
Time pressure
Work to strict deadlines.
-
Frequent decision making
Frequently make decisions that impact other people.
-
Impact of decisions
Make decisions that have a large impact on other people.
-
Face-to-face discussions
Talk with people face-to-face.
-
Loud or uncomfortable sounds
Be exposed to noises and sounds that are distracting or uncomfortable.
-
Making repetitive motions
Spend time making repetitive motions.
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Freedom to make decisions
Have freedom to make decision on your own.
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Responsible for outcomes
Take responsibility for the results of other people's work.
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Unstructured work
Have freedom to decide on tasks, priorities, and goals.
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Teamwork
Work with people in a group or team.
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Indoors, not heat controlled
Work indoors without heating or cooling (e.g., warehouse without heat).
Values
Work values are important to a person’s feeling of satisfaction. All six values are shown below.
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Support
Supportive management that stands behind employees. Workers are treated fairly by their company, they are supported by management, and have supervisors who train them well.
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Independence
Work alone and make decisions. Workers are able to try out their own ideas, make decisions on their own, and work with little or no supervision.
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Working conditions
Job security and good working conditions. There is usually a steady flow of interesting work, and the pay and conditions are generally good.
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Relationships
Serve and work with others. Workers usually get along well with each other, do things to help other people, and are rarely pressured to do things that go against their sense of right and wrong.
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Achievement
Results oriented. Workers are able to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment.
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Recognition
Advancement and the potential to lead. Workers are recognised for the work that they do, they may give directions and instructions to others, and they are looked up to in their company and their community.
Interests
Interests are the style or type of work we prefer to do. All interest areas are shown below.
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Practical
Practical, hands-on work. Often with plants and animals, or materials like wood, tools, and machinery.
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Administrative
Following set procedures and routines. Working with numbers and details more than with ideas, usually following rules.
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Analytical
Ideas and thinking. Searching for facts and figuring out problems in your head.
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Creative
Working with forms, designs and patterns. Often need self-expression and can be done without following rules.
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Enterprising
Starting up and carrying out projects. Leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes require risk taking and often deal with business.
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Helping
Working with people. Helping or providing service to others.

O*NET is a trademark of the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.
The skills and importance ratings on this page are derived from the US Department of Labor O*NET Database Version 21.2, 51-9122.00 - Painters, Transportation Equipment.
All Vehicle Painters
-
$1,406 Weekly Pay
-
Stable Future Growth
-
9,600 workers Employment Size
-
Medium skill Skill level rating
-
91% Full-Time Full-Time Share
-
42 hours Average full-time
-
36 years Average age
-
2% female Gender Share
Vehicle Painters prepare surfaces of vehicles, match and mix colours and apply paint.
Also known as: Vehicle Refinisher.
You can work as a Vehicle Painter without formal qualifications if you are able to demonstrate your technical competency to employers. However, a certificate III in automotive refinishing technology or another relevant vehicle painting course is usually required. This course is often completed as part of an apprenticeship.
Tasks
- removing rough spots on vehicle panels
- sanding surfaces by hand and with power sanders
- masking areas not to be painted with tape and paper
- colour matching and mixing paints to match paint shades, and selecting pre-mixed paint
- applying primer and finishing coats using spray-guns, and sanding surfaces between coats
- touching up paintwork and applying polish to vehicles
- removing masking papers, and waxing and polishing finished paintwork
- painting signs and artwork on vehicles
- treating vehicles with rust-proofing chemicals
There were 9,600 Vehicle Painters in 2020. The number of workers:
- fell over the past 5 years
- is expected to stay about the same over the next five years
- is likely to reach 9,400 by 2025.
Source: ABS Labour Force Survey, seasonally adjusted data to November 2020 and National Skills Commission Employment Projections to 2025. The number employed includes people who work in this occupation as their main job. People who work in more than one job are counted against the occupation they work the most hours in.
Employment Snapshot
- Size: This is a small occupation.
- Location: Vehicle Painters work in many regions of Australia.
- Industries: Most work in Other Services; Manufacturing; and Construction.
- Earnings: Full-time workers on an adult wage earn around $1,406 per week (similar to the average of $1,460). Earnings tend to be lower when starting out and higher as experience grows.
- Full-time: Most work full-time (91%, much higher than the average of 66%).
- Hours: Full-time workers spend around 42 hours per week at work (compared to the average of 44 hours).
- Age: The average age is 36 years (compared to the average of 40 years).
- Gender: 2% of workers are female (compared to the average of 48%).
Employment Outlook
Source: ABS Labour Force Survey, ABS seasonally adjusted data to November 2020 and National Skills Commission Employment Projections to 2025.
Weekly Earnings
Source: Based on ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours (cat. no. 6306.0), May 2018, Customised Report. Median weekly total cash earnings for full-time non-managerial employees paid at the adult rate. Earnings are before tax and include amounts salary sacrificed. Earnings can vary greatly depending on the skills and experience of the worker and the demands of the role. These figures should be used as a guide only, not to determine a wage rate.
Main Industries
Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Industries are based on the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC 06).
States and Territories
NSW
VIC
QLD
SA
WA
TAS
NT
ACT
Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Share of workers across Australian States and Territories, in this job compared to the all jobs average.
Age Profile
Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Age profile of workers in this job compared to the all jobs average.
Education Level
Source: ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Highest qualification completed by workers in this job (in any field of study). Qualifications needed by new workers might be different from the qualifications of workers already in the job.
You can work as a Vehicle Painter without formal qualifications if you are able to demonstrate your technical competency to employers. However, a certificate III in automotive refinishing technology or another relevant vehicle painting course is usually required. This course is often completed as part of an apprenticeship.
Before starting a course, check it will provide you with the skills and qualifications you need. Visit
- My Skills to compare Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses, providers and student outcomes.
- AAPathways website to explore Automotive Retail, Service and Repair VET training pathways.
Employers look for Vehicle Painters who are reliable, work well in a team and have a strong work ethic.
Filter Skills & Knowledge
Knowledge
These are important topics, subjects or knowledge areas.
-
Chemistry
Chemical composition, structure, and properties. How chemicals are made, used, mixed, and can change.
-
Mechanical
Machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
-
Production and processing
Raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and ways of making and distributing goods.
-
Administration and management
Business principles involved in strategic planning, leadership, and coordinating people and resources.
-
Mathematics
Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics.
-
English language
English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
-
Education and training
Curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
-
Customer and personal service
Understanding customer needs, providing good quality service, and measuring customer satisfaction.
-
Sales and marketing
Showing, promoting, and selling including marketing strategy, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
-
Technical design
Design techniques, tools, and principles used to make detailed technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
-
Public safety and security
Use of equipment, rules and ideas to protect people, data, property, and institutions.
-
Engineering and technology
Use engineering, science and technology to design and produce goods and services.
-
Personnel and human resources
Recruiting and training people, managing pay and other entitlements (like sick leave), and negotiating pay and conditions.
-
Clerical
Word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office work.
-
Economics and accounting
Economics and accounting, the financial markets, banking and checking and reporting of financial data.
-
Computers and electronics
Circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
-
Law and government
How our laws and courts work. Government rules and regulations, and the political system.
-
History and archeology
Events of the past, their causes, how we learn about them, and how they influence the way we live today.
-
Psychology
Human behaviour; differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; research methods; assessing and treating disorders.
-
Transportation
Moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road.
Skills
Skills can be improved through training or experience.
-
Operation and control
Controlling equipment or systems.
-
Quality control analysis
Doing tests and checking products, services, or processes to make sure they are working properly.
-
Coordination with others
Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.
-
Monitoring
Keeping track of how well work is progressing so you can make changes or improvements.
-
Operation monitoring
Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
-
Critical thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
-
Time management
Managing your own and other peoples' time to get work done.
-
Active listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
-
Judgment and decision making
Figuring out the pros and cons of different options and choosing the best one.
-
Speaking
Talking to others.
-
Equipment maintenance
Maintaining equipment and deciding what maintenance will be needed in the future.
-
Equipment selection
Deciding on the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
-
Social perceptiveness
Understanding why people react the way they do.
-
Troubleshooting
Figuring out why a machine or system went wrong and working out what to do about it.
-
Reading comprehension
Reading work related information.
-
Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.
-
Complex problem solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
-
Management of personnel resources
Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, and choosing the best people for the job.
-
Active learning
Being able to use what you have learnt to solve problems now and again in the future.
-
Repairing
Fixing machines or systems.
Abilities
Workers use these physical and mental abilities.
-
Colour discrimination
Notice differences between colours, including shades of colour and brightness.
-
Near vision
See details that are up-close (within a few feet).
-
Extent flexibility
Bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
-
Arm-hand steadiness
Keep your hand or arm steady.
-
Control precision
Quickly change the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat.
-
Finger dexterity
Put together small parts with your fingers.
-
Manual dexterity
Quickly move your hand to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
-
Trunk strength
Use your abdominal and lower back muscles a number of times without 'giving out' or fatiguing.
-
Visualization
Imagine how something will look after it is moved around or changed.
-
Far vision
See details that are far away.
-
Multilimb coordination
Use your arms and/or legs at the same time while sitting, standing, or lying down.
-
Selective attention
Pay attention to something without being distracted.
-
Static strength
Lift, push, pull, or carry things.
-
Oral comprehension
Listen to and understand what people say.
-
Oral expression
Communicate by speaking.
-
Problem spotting
Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong, even if you can't solve the problem.
-
Deductive reasoning
Use general rules to find answers or solve problems logically.
-
Sorting or ordering
Order or arrange things in a pattern or sequence (e.g., numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
-
Depth perception
Decide which thing is closer or further away from you, or decide how far away it is.
-
Categorising
Come up with different ways of grouping things.
Activities
These are kinds of activities workers regularly do in this job.
-
Handling and moving objects
Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, moving and manipulating objects.
-
Keeping your knowledge up-to-date
Keeping up-to-date with technology and new ideas.
-
Thinking creatively
Using your own ideas for developing, designing, or creating something new.
-
Monitoring people, processes and things
Checking objects, actions, or events, and keeping an eye out for problems.
-
Making decisions and solving problems
Using information to work out the best solution and solve problems.
-
Planning and prioritising work
Deciding on goals and putting together a detailed plan to get the work done.
-
Working with mechanical equipment
Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment.
-
Doing physically active work
Use your arms, legs and whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling objects.
-
Controlling equipment or machines
Operating machines or processes either directly or using controls (not including computers or vehicles).
-
Assessing and evaluating things
Working out the value, importance, or quality of things, services or people.
-
Coordinating the work of a team
Getting members of a group to work together to finish a task.
-
Looking for changes over time
Comparing objects, actions, or events. Looking for differences between them or changes over time.
-
Checking for errors or defects
Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials for errors, problems or defects.
-
Communicating within a team
Giving information to co-workers by telephone, in writing, or in person.
-
Checking compliance with standards
Deciding whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
-
Researching and investigating
Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.
-
Scheduling work and activities
Working out the timing of events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
-
Estimating amounts, costs and resources
Working out sizes, distances, amounts, time, costs, resources, or materials needed for a task.
-
Driving vehicles or equipment
Running, manoeuvring, navigating, or driving things like forklifts, vehicles, aircraft, or water craft.
-
Documenting or recording information
Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.

O*NET is a trademark of the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.
The skills and importance ratings on this page are derived from the US Department of Labor O*NET Database Version 21.2, 51-9122.00 - Painters, Transportation Equipment.
Learn about the daily activities, and physical and social demands faced by workers. Explore the values and work styles that workers rate as most important.
Filter Work Environment
Demands
The physical and social demands workers face most often are shown below.
-
Exposure to contaminants
Be exposed to pollutants, gases, dust or odours.
-
Dangerous conditions
Work near dangers like high voltage electricity, flammable material, explosives or chemicals.
-
Using your hands to handle, control, or feel
Spend time using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls.
-
Spend time standing
Spend time standing at work.
-
Wear common protective or safety equipment
Wear equipment like safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets.
-
Wear specialized protective or safety equipment
Wear equipment like breathing apparatus, safety harness, full protection suits, or radiation protection.
-
Being exact or accurate
Be very exact or highly accurate.
-
Walking and running
Spend time walking and running.
-
Bending or twisting your body
Spend time bending or twisting your body.
-
Time pressure
Work to strict deadlines.
-
Frequent decision making
Frequently make decisions that impact other people.
-
Impact of decisions
Make decisions that have a large impact on other people.
-
Face-to-face discussions
Talk with people face-to-face.
-
Loud or uncomfortable sounds
Be exposed to noises and sounds that are distracting or uncomfortable.
-
Making repetitive motions
Spend time making repetitive motions.
-
Freedom to make decisions
Have freedom to make decision on your own.
-
Responsible for outcomes
Take responsibility for the results of other people's work.
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Unstructured work
Have freedom to decide on tasks, priorities, and goals.
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Teamwork
Work with people in a group or team.
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Indoors, not heat controlled
Work indoors without heating or cooling (e.g., warehouse without heat).
Values
Work values are important to a person’s feeling of satisfaction. All six values are shown below.
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Support
Supportive management that stands behind employees. Workers are treated fairly by their company, they are supported by management, and have supervisors who train them well.
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Independence
Work alone and make decisions. Workers are able to try out their own ideas, make decisions on their own, and work with little or no supervision.
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Working conditions
Job security and good working conditions. There is usually a steady flow of interesting work, and the pay and conditions are generally good.
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Relationships
Serve and work with others. Workers usually get along well with each other, do things to help other people, and are rarely pressured to do things that go against their sense of right and wrong.
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Achievement
Results oriented. Workers are able to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment.
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Recognition
Advancement and the potential to lead. Workers are recognised for the work that they do, they may give directions and instructions to others, and they are looked up to in their company and their community.
Interests
Interests are the style or type of work we prefer to do. All interest areas are shown below.
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Practical
Practical, hands-on work. Often with plants and animals, or materials like wood, tools, and machinery.
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Administrative
Following set procedures and routines. Working with numbers and details more than with ideas, usually following rules.
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Analytical
Ideas and thinking. Searching for facts and figuring out problems in your head.
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Creative
Working with forms, designs and patterns. Often need self-expression and can be done without following rules.
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Enterprising
Starting up and carrying out projects. Leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes require risk taking and often deal with business.
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Helping
Working with people. Helping or providing service to others.

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The skills and importance ratings on this page are derived from the US Department of Labor O*NET Database Version 21.2, 51-9122.00 - Painters, Transportation Equipment.