This trade was known in the past as Panel Beating and Spray Painting but this has been renamed as Automotive Body Repair & Finishing.

This trade is all about smash repairs on cars and making that which its damaged look is like new.

It is a job that involves an ‘eye’ and a ‘feel’ for the work to make the crumpled metal to look like new as though nothing has happened.

You need to be skillful with a spray gun and be able to understand the complex nature of modern paints and how they perform on the job.