Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers, task by task.

Every activity this job is made of, scored on how much of its output software can produce today and linked to what addresses it. What is left over is the job.

SOC code
51-9123.00
Activities scored
6
Handed to agents
2
Grounded in
O*NET 30.3
The tasks · Painting, Coating, and Decorating WorkersSOC 51-9123.00
85% · agent
75% · agent
Clean workpieces and surfacesWhat can do this →
25% · you keep
Apply coatings to workpiecesWhat can do this →
15% · you keep
Inspect finished surfacesWhat can do this →
20% · you keep
Clean and maintain equipmentWhat can do this →
10% · you keep
The team2 agents · 2 need no setup
Job specification analyzer
Microsoft Excel · Docs
● No integration needed
Material selection optimizer
Microsoft Excel · Adobe Illustrator
● No integration needed
You keep this
Physically apply coatings using spray guns, brushes, and pensInspect workpieces for quality and conformance to specificationsClean surfaces and maintain painting equipment on-siteHandle workpieces through drying and finishing processes

Automatability scores estimate how much of a task an agent can reliably do today, grounded in O*NET task data. They are not predictions of job loss.

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The most automatable work in this job, and what actually addresses it. Each one has a page of its own showing every occupation that does it.

Select and mix coating materials75% · physical, manual and inspection work · barely automatable
No software category addresses thisWhy not