Paint mixer jobs in Finland
Paint mixers operate and maintain machines that mix lacquers, solvents and paints in order to produce paint, making sure the end product is according to the specified formula.
Paint mixer – how much is the pay in Finland?
What the trade paid in 2024
| Median | 19.99 €/h |
|---|---|
| Bottom tenth | 14.69 €/h |
| Top tenth | 28.22 €/h |
| Employees | 6,579 |
Pay by sex, 2024
| Sex | Median | Employees |
|---|---|---|
| Women | 18.11 €/h | 2,194 |
| Men | 21.12 €/h | 4,385 |
Paint mixer - Which skills are essential?
Measure the viscosity of the mixed ingredients by using a viscosimeter.
Check the impact of manufacturing machinery on the environment, analysing temperature levels, water quality and air pollution.
Tend machines that mix lacquer stain and paint in order to obtain as end product paint of the required specifications.
Prepare the paint ingredients to be mixed such as thinner, solvent, paint or lacquer making sure they are correctly weighted and are accroding to the specified formula.
Monitor and accordingly adjust the valves in order to allow a specific amount of liquids (such as ammonia sulfuric acid or viscous soap) or steam into the mixer or machine.
Paint mixer - Which skills are useful but not essential?
Optimise and maintain the parameters of the production process such as flow, temperature or pressure.
Manage reception of raw materials. Receive raw materials from the suppliers. Check for quality and accuracy and move into the warehouse. Make sure that raw materials are adequately stored until they are required by the production department.
Pump, from the central station, the paint, in order to spray booths.
Write reports on the manufactured batches history taking into account the raw data, tests performed and compliance to GMP of each batch of product.
The characteristics and functioning conditions of manufacturing plant equipments such as chemical reactors, addition tanks, pumps, filters, mixers.
Filter the impurities from the paint.
Perform the cleaning of mixers in order to prepare them for mixing different types of compounds.