Panel Beater
Visa sponsorship
Automotive · Sydney, NSW, Australia · Full-Time · Discussed at interview · Visa: Employer sponsored
Sydney workshops want panel beaters who can take a battered car back to a clean, straight finish. This is a full-time position for qualified tradespeople with a strong record in smash repairs and restoring panels. Expect bodywork on a range of makes and models in a professional automotive workshop.
The right eligible candidate may be offered employer sponsorship.
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Key Responsibilities
- Assess damaged vehicles, study the job sheet and confirm incoming parts are right, suitable and defect-free
- Take off damaged panels, frames and fittings, then mend, swap and refit panels and structural pieces
- Weld, cut, shape and straighten metal, finishing fabrication and repair jobs with the right workshop tools
- Lend a hand on rust treatment, frame alignment and structural repairs as needed
- Put on body filler, then rub back and prepare surfaces ahead of the next stage
- Dismantle vehicles as the repair instructions say, and rebuild them carefully when repairs are done
- Make sure finished work meets the expected quality and industry benchmarks
- Look after customer and company vehicles, and keep tools, equipment and your bay safe, clean and neat, observing every health and safety procedure including PPE
- Pitch in with colleagues so the workshop runs efficiently, and keep learning current repair methods and industry practice
Requirements & Eligibility
- A Panel Beater trade qualification that is recognised, or equivalent industry experience
- Automotive panel beating and smash repair background that is proven, with work experience and professional identity you can demonstrate and verify
- Sound knowledge of how vehicle bodies are repaired and panels replaced
- Practical skill at shaping, cutting and welding metal, and fabricating
- Knows structural repair, frame alignment and rust treatment
- Has applied body filler, sanded and prepared surfaces before
- Able to disassemble and reassemble vehicle components accurately
- Careful with detail and dedicated to high-quality workmanship, handling tools and workshop equipment safely and responsibly
- Communicates and works well in a team, with a reliable, motivated and professional approach
- Committed to workplace safety and OH&S requirements, and willing to take part in the employer's candidate verification and assessment process
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