Apprentice Body/Panel Technician job
Apprentice Body/Panel Technician
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Apprenticeship - Body Shop Repair Technician
start your Career as an Apprentice Body Shop Repair Technician with Volvo Trucks and Buses!
Are you passionate about restoring vehicles to their prime and creating masterpieces in the world of automotive repair? Volvo Trucks and Buses invites you to join our team as an Apprentice Body Shop Repair Technician and embark on a journey of skill development, innovation, and hands-on experience!
Why Choose Volvo Trucks and Buses?
- Global Excellence: Join a globally renowned brand celebrated for innovation and quality in the automotive industry.
- Cutting-Edge Technology: Work with state-of-the-art tools and equipment in our advanced body shop facilities.
- Career Advancement: Kickstart your career with a clear path for growth and development within the Volvo Group.
What you will do
- Assessing a vehicle to establish the extent of damage.
- Based on the initial assessment, deciding whether to repair or replace bodywork.
- Removal and replacement of body panels and associated components.
- Refitting new/repaired panels.
- Repairing damaged bodywork using traditional dolly and hammer or more modern techniques incl MiG brazing.
- Repairing small dents, holes, or corroded areas using a compound filler.
- Use Volvo special tools safely and efficiently.
- Wear personal protective equipment (PPE) when required.
- Assist with cleaning the workshop.
- Comply with warranty procedures during repairs and with warranty material on completion of repair.
- Ensure that the company’s time recording procedures are complied with.
- Ensure job cards are completed accurately.
- Ensure all vehicle defects are reported to workshop Supervisor.
- Attend college courses regularly and achieve the standards required by the course.
- Attend any technical or development training that is made available
Who are you?
- Enthusiastic individuals with a strong interest in heavy vehicles
- Basic understanding of mechanical systems and a desire to learn
- Excellent problem-solving skills and a keen eye for detail
- Strong communication skills and a team player mentality
Desired qualifications: GCSE A* to C/Grade 4 in Math and English
What’s in it for you?
- Full Time Employment from day one.
- Competitive Salary.
- Holiday Pay.
- Residential training with expert support and guidance.
- Internationally recognised accreditation.
- Fully paid for training course, including all qualification fees and accommodation.
- Team building and special events
- Salary £8.72 per hour
- Access to a range of employee benefits
- Career advancement opportunities within the Volvo Group
- Practical learning in the workplace, shadowing your mentor and carrying out the work while being supervised.
- Online studies, completing workbooks and job cards, attending online sessions and virtual classes with your Development Coach, all done during your working day.
- Attending block release to the Remit Training Academy in Derby, DE24 8NB every 2 months. All costs of your hotel food and accommodation plus all travel arrangements are covered by the Volvo Trucks.
Ready for the next move?
- Vehicle Damage Panel level 3
Job Category: Sales & Services
About the Company
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.
Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.
At Volvo Trucks you will be part of leading the way towards a sustainable transport industry. For nearly a century we have been innovating for people – to make life easier, better and safer. Driving progress is our promise to customers, to the industry and to society. At Volvo Trucks we share a curiosity to learn, we work with passion and we embrace change to stay ahead. Join us, together we move the world we want to live in.
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