What is a Painter?  

Everywhere you look you can see the work done by painters. Paint serves two important purposes, to beau tify surfaces, and to protect surfaces from exposure to weather and corrosive elements. 

Employment opportunities in this industry range from high-end decorating and wall covering applications to  commercial work such as shopping malls, hotels and office buildings as well as industrial jobs on nuclear  power plants, refineries and bridges. The constant development of new materials, high tech application  techniques and increased safety and environmental concerns make the painting trade a challenging and re warding career. 

Painters must know how to mix paints and to prepare the surfaces of buildings and other structures and  then apply paint, stain, lacquers, varnishes, and other similar materials to theses surfaces. They are able to  choose the right paint or finish for the surface to be covered by taking into account durability, ease of han dling, method of application and customer desires. However, painting isn't all they do; members of the fin ishing trades also work with drywall finishing and various wall coverings among other things.