motor vehicle body repairer

Additional Information

• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years

Work setting

• In shop

Tasks

• Professionalism in customer service
• Review damage report and estimates of repair cost and plan work to be performed
• Clean and maintain work space
• Instruct apprentices
• Replace front end components, body components, doors and frame and underbody components
• File, grind and sand body surfaces to be repaired
• Mask and tape auto body surfaces in preparation for painting
• Hammer out dents, buckles and defects using blocks and hammers
• Remove damaged fenders, panels and grills and bolt or weld replacement parts into place
• Apply primers and repaint surfaces
• Repair or replace interior components
• Repair or replace damaged windows, windshields and sunroofs
• Inspect repaired vehicles and test drive vehicles for proper handling
• Operate soldering equipment or use plastic filler to fill holes, dents and seams
• Straighten bent frames using frame and underbody pulling and anchoring equipment

Area of work experience

• Body components

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Dependability
• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Judgement
• Reliability
• Team player
• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 80 hours bi-weekly