Vehicle Body Panel Apprenticeship - Northampton
CASTLE COACHWORKS (NPTON)LTD
NORTHAMPTON, NN5 7QP
Closes on Friday 28 February
Posted on 10 January 2025
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Summary
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.
- Annual wage
- £13,312 a year
- Training course
- Vehicle damage panel technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 9.00am – 5.00pm, may vary.
40 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Saturday 1 March
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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1
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
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
Where you’ll work
UNIT 6
HEATHFIELD WAY
KINGS HEATH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
NORTHAMPTON
NN5 7QP
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
SKILLNET LIMITED
Your training course
Vehicle damage panel technician (level 3)
Equal to A level
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 vehicles structure that’s integral to its safety
Your training plan
- College Block Release
- Functional Skills in maths and English, if required
- Level 3 Vehicle Damage Panel Technician Standard
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- English (grade 4 or above)
- Maths (grade 4 or above)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
About this company
Castle Coachworks understand that knowledge is power. We continue to stay at the forefront of the sector by investing in our expertise as well as technology. On-going staff training programmes for our highly experienced and externally qualified auto bodywork technicians, painters and mechanics enable us to maintain a high-calibre environment, within which our structured apprenticeship scheme flourishes to deliver the talent of tomorrow. Investment at the strategic level in the company can be seen in our newly opened facility at Unit 1. In late 2019, Castle Coachworks’ Directors Brian Lennon (Business Development), Rita Robins (Finance), Darren Browne (Operations) and John Strowbridge (Investment Partner) started the wheels in motion to drive a significant expansion phase. The new 10,000ft2 premises was bought alongside the existing 24,000ft2 workshop.
After this apprenticeship
- A full-time career within the automotive industry with many opportunities to progress to positions of authority
- The opportunities are endless
- By having a highly regarded set of skills, apprentices can go on to develop their career within the specific interests they may have, whether it be progressing through their dealership, working towards a job within motorsport
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SKILLNET LIMITED
Jose Faria
jose.faria@skillnet.org.uk
01923 216165
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000295800.
Apply now
Closes on Friday 28 February
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