National Occupational Classification for Statistics (NOC-S) 2006

• H - Trades, Transport and Equipment Operators and Related Occupations
• H1 - Construction Trades
• H14 - Other Construction Trades

H144 - Painters and Decorators

Painters and decorators apply paint, wallpaper and other finishes to interior and exterior surfaces of buildings and other structures. They are employed by construction companies, painting contractors and building maintenance contractors, or they may be self-employed.

• Example Titles

  • apprentice industrial painter and decorator
  • apprentice painter and decorator
  • bridge painter
  • building painter
  • commercial building painter
  • commercial construction painter
  • construction painter
  • house painter
  • industrial construction painter
  • industrial maintenance painter
  • journeyman / woman painter and decorator
  • maintenance painter
  • maintenance painter, plant
  • painter
  • painter and decorator
  • painter and decorator apprentice
  • painter and paperhanger
  • painter, commercial buildings
  • painter, commercial construction
  • painter, construction
  • painter, industrial construction
  • painter, maintenance
  • painter, residential construction
  • painter-decorator
  • paperhanger
  • plant maintenance painter
  • residential construction painter
  • residential painter
  • roof painter
  • rough painter - construction
  • specialized painter and decorator
  • vinyl paperhanger

• Exclusion

  • Artists (See F036 Painters, Sculptors and Other Visual Artists)
  • Foremen/women supervising painters or decorators (See H019 Contractors and Supervisors, Other Construction Trades, Installers, Repairers and Servicers)
  • Furniture painters and decorators (See J224 Furniture Finishers and Refinishers)
  • Interior decorators (See G211 Retail Salespersons and Sales Clerks)
  • Interior designers (See F142 Interior Designers)
  • Spray painters that paint products other than furniture (See J226 Painters and Coaters - Industrial)