NOC 94213: Industrial painters, coaters and metal finishing process operators

Industrial painters and coaters operate and tend machines or use brushes and spray equipment to apply paint, enamel, lacquer or other non-metallic protective and decorative coatings to surfaces of various products. Metal finishing process operators operate machines or equipment to deposit metallized substances on workpieces and surfaces to provide decorative, protective and restorative coatings. These workers are employed by manufacturing companies and custom refinishing, coating and plating shops.

Express Entry eligibility

• Skilled work (TEER 0 to 3): no, TEER 4 does not count for Express Entry.
• Canadian Experience Class: does not count.
• Federal Skilled Worker Program: does not count.
• Federal Skilled Trades Program: not one of the eligible trades.
• High-wage occupation (from November 3, 2026): no. No high-wage add-on, and a job offer in it earns no CRS points.

TEER 4: Occupations that usually need a high school diploma or several weeks of on-the-job training. Every program has other requirements too, such as language test results and, for FSW, a points test.

Category-based draws

NOC 94213 is not on any of IRCC’s occupation category lists. You can still be invited in general, Canadian Experience Class or other program draws if you qualify through other experience.

Category lists checked on canada.ca on 2026-10-17. IRCC category-based selection

CRS points for work in NOC 94213

None. Work in TEER 4 and 5 occupations earns no Canadian work points in the CRS.

See Canadian work points and the median-wage rule.

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Industrial painters and coaters
• Select appropriate paint or mix paints using automated paint mixing equipment according to a predetermined formula
• Operate or tend equipment to clean, wash, strip, sand, remove corrosion, fill dents or otherwise prepare items for application of paint, lacquer or other protective or decorative coatings
• Operate or tend automated spray paint, dip or flow coating equipment or other mechanized painting or product coating application equipment
• Operate hand-held spray guns to spray paint or coat stationary items or items on moving conveyor system with protective or decorative coatings
• Paint small items and apply touch-ups using paint brushes
• Clean and maintain painting and coating, ventilation, compressed air and personal protective equipment
• May prepare and apply stencils, computer-generated decals or other decorative items on finished products.
• Industrial metal finishing process operators
• Prepare and mix metallizing solutions according to formulas or specifications
• Operate or tend equipment to clean, degrease, pickle and etch metal and non-metal surfaces to prepare workpieces with desired surface characteristics
• Tend automatic metal coating machines which convey objects through a series of cleaning, rinsing and plating solutions
• Operate and control electroplating equipment to coat metal and other workpieces
• Operate hot-dip metal plating equipment to galvanize metal and other workpieces
• Operate spray equipment to build up worn or damaged parts or to bond protective or decorative coatings on various objects
• Check proper thickness of plating using micrometers, calipers or other devices
• May operate equipment to polish metallic surfaces of products
• May tend ovens which cure metal coating.

For Express Entry your duties must match the lead statement and most of the main duties above.

Example job titles

• assembly line painter
• automatic paint-sprayer operator
• automobile painter - motor vehicle manufacturing
• aviation painter
• ceramic and enamel refinisher
• coating machine operator - industrial painting and coating
• electrogalvanizing machine operator
• enameller - ship and boat building
• hot-dip galvanizer - metal plating
• industrial products painter
• metal coater operator
• metal electroplater
• production painter-finisher
• spray paint operator

Employment requirements

• Secondary school education is usually required.
• Some experience in operating production machinery or equipment may be required.
• Several months of on-the-job training are usually provided.
• Some industrial painters, such as aviation painters, may require specialized training and certification or college courses.

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