This qualification provides the skills and knowledge required to repair and restore the body of cars, heavy vehicles, and other automotive equipment after collision or damage. The course is nationally accredited and typically completed via apprenticeship, requiring the successful completion of 31 units: 17 core and 14 elective units
Certificate III in Automotive Body Repair Technology
- Follow environmental and sustainability best practice in an automotive workplace
- Interpret and apply automotive repair instructions
- Follow safe working practices in an automotive workplace
- Use and maintain tools and equipment in an automotive workplace
- Remove, refit and operate electrical components after body repair
- Test, charge and replace batteries and jump-start vehicles
- Repair vehicle chassis, frame, and associated components
- Remove and store vehicle body components
- Repair vehicle body misalignment
- Remove, replace, and align bolt-on vehicle body panels and components
- Repair vehicle body panels using filler
- Remove and replace major welded panels on vehicles
- Repair adhesive bonded structural damage on vehicles
- Inspect vehicle damage and determine repair procedures
- Apply original equipment manufacturer repair procedures
- Carry out advanced gas metal arc welding on vehicle body sections
- Carry out spot welding