automotive body mechanic - Grande Prairie, Canada - Windsor Autobody

Description

• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years

Tasks

• Review damage report and estimates of repair cost and plan work to be performed
• 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
• Apply primers and repaint surfaces
• 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

• Auto Body Repairer Trade Certification

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Dependability
• Excellent oral communication
• Initiative
• Judgement
• Reliability

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Health care plan

Other benefits

• Other benefits
• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 40 hours per week