Autobody Repairer

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 30 to 50 hours per week
- Education: Other trades certificate or diploma
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
- or equivalent experience
**Work site environment**:

- Dusty
- Noisy
- Odours
**Work setting**:

- Relocation costs not covered by employer
- Willing to relocate
**Tasks**:

- Professionalism in customer service
- 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
- Repair or replace interior components
- Repair or replace damaged windows, windshields and sunroofs
- Mix paint, blend and match colors
- Operate soldering equipment or use plastic filler to fill holes, dents and seams
- Straighten bent frames using frame and underbody pulling and anchoring equipment
**Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Motor Vehicle Body Repairer Trade Certification
- Motor Vehicle Body Repairer Red Seal Endorsement
- Auto Body Repairer Trade Certification
**Area of work experience**:

- Body components
- Doors and frame
- Frame straightening
- Front end components
- Interior components
- Metal cutting
- Paint spraying
- Underbody components
- Uni body machine
- Welding
**Security and safety**:

- Driving record check (abstract)
**Transportation/travel information**:

- Valid driver's licence
- Public transportation is available
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Fast-paced environment
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
**Own tools/equipment**:

- Tools
- Steel-toed safety boots
**Personal suitability**:

- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Team player
**Screening questions**:

- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently a student?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?
**Other benefits**:

- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
- Team building opportunities
- Parking available