Vehicle Body Panel Technician Apprentice

Apprentices will be working alongside fully qualified body panel technicians to be fully trained in repairing and replacing damaged panels using approved techniques including gas, electric and plastic welding.

About the Role

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

You will be working alongside fully qualified body panel technicians. Vehicle Body Panel Technician Apprentices are trained to repair and replace damaged panels using approved techniques, including:

• Gas
• Electric welding
• Plastic welding up to B.S.I certification

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Course Contents:

• Ability to undertake appropriate job preparation prior to commencing repair, including safety precautions, panel preparation, and body measurements.
• Ability to identify the material used in the construction to enable the correct joining techniques and manufacturer specifications to be adhered to.
• Ability to interpret relevant technical data and methods to make sure that any joints are in line with vehicle manufacturer specification and the vehicle/body panels are aligned correctly.
• Ability to identify and understand the correct joining technology, e.g. when to use resistance spot welding or mig brazing or bonding.
• Ability to remove, repair and replace vehicle body panels and components of the vehicle safely and efficiently.
• Ability to identify and operate the correct repair tools, equipment, and devices used in the process, panel pulling systems, jig and alignment tools, spot welders, brazing tools.
• Ability to identify and communicate supplementary damage such as panels that were deemed to be reparable but once worked on were found to be beyond repair along with damage that could not be established on original inspection.
• Ability to detect and rectify faults within a vehicle's structure that’s integral to its safety.