Auto Body Technician

Employer

CSN Avalon

Languages

English

Education

Other trades certificate or diploma

Tasks

• Inspect repaired vehicles
• Plan repair work to be performed
• Professionalism in customer service
• Test drive vehicles for proper handling
• 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
• 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
• 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 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
• Underbody components
• Uni body machine
• Welding

Transportation/travel information

Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Standing for extended periods

Own tools/equipment

• Tools
• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Dependability
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Judgement
• Reliability
• Team player

Screening questions

Do you have experience working in this field?

Experience

5 years or more

Employment terms options

Day

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Health care plan
• Vision care benefits

Other benefits

• Learning/training paid by employer
• Other benefits
• Team building opportunities

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
• Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition

Support for youths

Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment

Support for Veterans

Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans

Support for Indigenous people

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people
• Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
• Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations