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Auto Body Repair Jobs
Auto body repair painting offers many exciting career paths
Pursuing a career in auto body repair painting means you can pursue entry level positions with a long list of potential employers. Better still, you don’t need a university degree to pursue these great career opportunities as a Refinishing Prep or Auto Body Technician.
Potential Collision Repair Employers
- New car dealers
- Retail collision repair facilities
- Custom specialty shops
- Heavy duty truck repair facilities
- Becoming an entrepreneur and owning your own body shop
Entry level positions for auto body repair painting
- Automotive Detailer
- Apprentice Refinishing Prep Technician
- Apprentice Motor Vehicle Body Repairer
- Automotive Metal Fabricator/Welder
- Plastic Repair Technician
- Dent Doctor
- Aftermarket Installer
Numerous opportunities for career advancement
- Automotive Refinishing Technician
- Automotive Painter
- Motorcycle Painter
- Aircraft Refinisher
- Mobile Painter
- Auto Body Technician
- Collision Repair Technician
- Motor Vehicle Body Repairer
- Mobile Bodyman
- Frame Repairer
- Heavy Duty Auto Body Technician
- Truck Body Specialist
- Shop Foreman
- Body Shop Manager
- Body Shop Owner
Typical duties for Refinishing Prep or Auto Body Repair Technician
- Remove wax, grease and dust from the vehicle
- Remove rough spots on vehicle panels and sand surfaces by hand or with air sanders
- Minor damage repairs
- Restoration of anti-corrosion treatments and substrate preparation
- Undercoat product mixing and application ensuring chemical compatibility, adhesion and durability
- Application of anti-corrosion compounds
- Prep vehicle for paint; masking and priming
- Apply primer to repair areas
- Paint parts inners
- Sand the vehicle several times during the painting process
- Possible collision or restorative work, or they may design and create custom paint jobs
- Set the booth to dry the paint
- Remove masking papers and touch up paintwork
- Remove parts, damaged fenders, doors, panels, and grills
- Repair structure of vehicles
- Remove dents, buckles, and other defects
- Repair and replace doors, front-end body, and underbody components
- Straighten bent or twisted frames and weld metal parts
- Fill damaged areas with body fillers
- Filing, grinding, sanding, and smoothing repaired body surfaces as well as repaint repaired surfaces
- Repair or replace interior components such as seats, carpets, and floorboard insulation
- Aim headlights and align wheels
To learn more about the benefits of auto body repair painting, read our web pages the following pages:
- Why it pays to pursue training for automotive painting auto body?
- What can I expect from Auto Body Paints Careers in Vancouver?
- Why is ATC the right Auto Body and Paint School for you?
- Auto body repair painting offers many exciting career paths
- Many doors open when you learn how to paint a car
- Auto Body Certification with ATC as your Auto Body Repair School
