auto body worker

Additional Information

• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience: 1 to less than 7 months

Work site environment

• Dusty
• Noisy
• Odours

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
• 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
• Operate soldering equipment or use plastic filler to fill holes, dents and seams

Area of work experience

• Body components
• Front end components
• Interior components
• Metal cutting
• Underbody components
• Uni body machine

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 35 to 40 hours per week