What are the responsibilities and job description for the Painter A position at Dartmouth College?
Position Purpose
The Paint Shop is responsible for preparing and coating the interior and exterior walls, ceilings, and other surfaces of the College’s buildings and structures. The Painter A either works as a crew member on large scale projects or independently on smaller routine projects. May be assigned to work independently and take responsibility for a small project. Is responsible for the preparation of surfaces for new coating materials, mixing coating materials according to specifications, applying coating materials to a variety of surfaces where appearance as well as surface protection are important, and for the care and maintenance of the tools and equipment employed in the painter’s trade.
Description
Required Qualifications - Education and Yrs Exp
3 years of experience
Required Qualifications - Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
- Minimum of 10 years’ commercial/institutional painting experience.
- High school graduate.
- Must hold a valid driver’s license and be qualified under the terms of the Dartmouth College Driver Safety and Motor Vehicle Policy.
Preferred Qualifications
- Ability to work under minimal supervision or as lead member of a crew assigned to small scale and/or routine projects.
- Ability to interact successfully with the College community in a service oriented environment.
- Knowledge of and skill in standard surface preparation and coating application methods and techniques, including the skills necessary to meet specifications regarding match, texture, decoration, thickness, and level.
- Knowledge of and requisite skills to build up, shape, and level surfaces with metal and synthetic resins, plastics, and gypsum patching compounds.
- Knowledge of and requisite skill to obtain finely smoothed surfaces with abrasive compounds, pumice, and rottenstone.
- Skill in matching, tinting, toning, and blending coating materials.
- Skill in the use and maintenance of tools and equipment used to sand, wire brush, scrape, spackle, and putty coat, and grade surfaces, such as brushes, rollers, spray guns, trowels, screeds, straight edges, viscosity testers, graining devices, and wet and thickness gauges.
- Ability to work at heights.
- Knowledge of safety regulations applicable to the use of ladders, ropes, harnesses, and scaffolds.
- Willingness to work overtime as required.
- Must have successfully completed the following training prior to performing work to which the training relates:
EPA R.R.P. Lead Training
OSHA 10HR Class
Driver Safety
Hazard Communication
Respirator Training, Fit, and Physical Examination
Department Contact for Cover Letter and Title
Todd French
Equal Opportunity Employer
Dartmouth College is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer with a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other legally protected status. Applications by members of all underrepresented groups are encouraged.
Background Check
Employment in this position is contingent upon consent to and successful completion of a pre-employment background check, which may include a criminal background check, reference checks, verification of work history, and verification of any required academic credentials, licenses, and/or certifications, with results acceptable to Dartmouth College. A criminal conviction will not automatically disqualify an applicant from employment. Background check information will be used in a confidential, non-discriminatory manner consistent with state and federal law.
Special Instructions to Applicants
UNION POSITIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO SEIU UNION MEMBERS ONLY DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF POSTING. AFTER ONE WEEK OF POSTING, IF THE POSITION HAS NOT BEEN FILLED INTERNALLY, IT IS OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DARTMOUTH COMMUNITY.
OPEN TO UNION MEMBERS ONLY FROM (1/16/23) THROUGH (1/22/23).
All Dartmouth College employees, whether working on-site or remotely, are required to be up to date with vaccination against COVID-19 (or to have received an approved exemption from vaccination through the Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity). Please visit https://dartgo.org/vaxpolicy for details. Compliance with this requirement is a condition of employment. Failure to meet this condition of employment within the first 30 days may result in Dartmouth in its sole discretion ending employment.
Dartmouth College has a Tobacco-Free Policy. Smoking and the use of tobacco-based products (including smokeless tobacco) are prohibited in all facilities, grounds, vehicles or other areas owned, operated or occupied by Dartmouth College with no exceptions. For details, please see our policy. https://policies.dartmouth.edu/policy/tobacco-free-policy
OPEN TO UNION MEMBERS ONLY FROM (1/16/23) THROUGH (1/22/23).
All Dartmouth College employees, whether working on-site or remotely, are required to be up to date with vaccination against COVID-19 (or to have received an approved exemption from vaccination through the Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity). Please visit https://dartgo.org/vaxpolicy for details. Compliance with this requirement is a condition of employment. Failure to meet this condition of employment within the first 30 days may result in Dartmouth in its sole discretion ending employment.
Dartmouth College has a Tobacco-Free Policy. Smoking and the use of tobacco-based products (including smokeless tobacco) are prohibited in all facilities, grounds, vehicles or other areas owned, operated or occupied by Dartmouth College with no exceptions. For details, please see our policy. https://policies.dartmouth.edu/policy/tobacco-free-policy
Additional Instructions
Key Accountabilities
Description
Key Accountabilities
- Inspects smaller and routine work sites to determine procedure, material, and equipment needed.
- Selects the appropriate tools, uses coating materials specified, and decides on methods and techniques to use.
- Removes such things as rust, scale, wax, dirt, and old paint or varnish from surfaces by using paint remover, sanding, wire brushing, buffing, and scraping so that materials will adhere properly.
- Smoothes surfaces using sandpaper, steel wool, or brushes.
- Fills nail holes, cracks, and joints with putty, plaster, or other filler.
- Installs special wall covering to prevent surface cracking when doing interior painting.
- Masks, spackles, and putties surfaces and removes accessories as required.
- Selects pre-mixed paints.
- Thins, stirs, and mixes coating materials according to specific directions or following written directions that explain how to apply and use prepared solvents.
- Uses mechanical mixer for volume blending.
- Applies coating materials such as primer, paints, varnishes, and shellacs with brushes, rollers, spray guns, and other related methods and techniques.
- Uses gloss, semi-gloss, and special paints, enamels, varnishes, stains, lacquers, and shellacs.
- Simulates wood grain, marble, brick, and tile effects.
- Assures that coating finish meets surface protection requirements.
- Assures the protection of surrounding areas.
- Assures proper placement of ladders and scaffolding.Cleans and maintains brushes and painting equipment.
Percentage Of Time
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Working Conditions
- Works from ladders, scaffolds, and platforms.
- Work requires bending, kneeling, standing, climbing, and working in stretched, cramped or awkward positions.
- Work involves regular lifting, carrying, or holding objects weighing up to 80 pounds.
- Work is performed indoors, outdoors, in bad weather, and in areas that are dirty, or smoky and where fumes (e.g., tar) are present.
- Is exposed to cuts and bruises and more serious injuries while cutting glass or working on ladders, scaffolds, etc.
- Work involves wearing personal protective equipment such as aprons or overalls, gloves and safety glasses.
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
We are actively striving to make Campus Services a desired place to work in the Upper Valley, a place where people feel welcomed, where they can be their authentic selves, be heard, and feel accepted. We want this culture to be felt by those who receive our services. The way we treat one another should be the same way we treat our customers.
- Demonstrates a commitment to diversity, inclusion, and cultural awareness through actions, interactions, and communications with others.
- Participates in division wide DEI initiatives and training, including promotion of the 7 Principles (Empathy, Fair, Dependable, Inclusive, Considerate, Vulnerability and Respect)
- Willingness to foster a growth mindset in the areas of increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion across the division
- Collaborates, when appropriate, on other DEI-related initiatives within the division and College
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Demonstrates a commitment to diversity, inclusion, and cultural awareness through actions, interactions, and communications with others.
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Performs other duties as assigned.
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