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Your profession: Painter and varnisher (m/f)

Professional activities

Painters and varnishers protect, refurbish, design, reconstruct and restore buildings and parts of buildings. They apply paint and other coatings, seal joints and carry out measures to protect against corrosion and fire. They work with a wide range of materials.

Fields of work

Possible places or areas of employment for painters and varnishers include the following,

  • Buildings and corrosion protection
  • Design and maintenance
  • Church painting and care for protected monuments and listed buildings
  • Painting and varnishing companies in the craft trades sector
  • Concrete restoration companies
  • Construction companies
  • Restoration workshops at individual museums
  • Institutions involved with the protection of historical monuments and listed buildings
  • Façade restoration companies
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The professional profiles are based on information from berufenet at the Federal Employment Agency and BIBB (Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training).