Overview

- Job Duration: Permanent
- Language of Work: English
- Hours of Work: 40 hours per week
- Education:
- Experience:
Education
- Other trades certificate or diploma
- or equivalent experience
Work site environment
- Dusty
- Noisy
- Odours
Tasks
- Estimate repair cost based on damage examination report
- Inspect repaired vehicles
- Plan repair work to be performed
- Professionalism in customer service
- Test drive vehicles for proper handling
- Clean and maintain work space
- 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 interior components
- 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
- Motor Vehicle Body Repairer Trade Certification
- Auto Body Repairer Trade Certification
Area of work experience
- Body components
- Doors and frame
- Frame straightening
- Front end components




- Interior components
- Metal cutting
- Paint spraying
- 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
- Steel-toed safety boots
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Team player
Screening questions
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
- Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?
Experience
- 2 years to less than 3 years
Health advantages
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
Financial advantages
- Bonus
- Group insurance benefits
Long term benefits
- Long-term care insurance
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Other benefits
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
- Wellness program

📌 Auto body technician (Calgary)
🏢 CareerBeacon
📍 Calgary