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Car dent repair and paint
Car dent repair and paint
Car dent repair and paint
Car dent repair and paint

1- Description of the profession, the competencies required for the labor market and the required skills:

The activities of professionals working in the professions related to the upholstery and painting of car bodies are different and varied, and they include:
  • Car body upholstery: Workers in the profession level damaged bodies, get rid of dents, and replace completely destroyed parts that cannot be repaired. These people can usually repair all types of motor vehicles, as their work focuses on repairing the bodies of cars and small trucks, and the bodies of large trucks, buses, and tractors. When damaged vehicles are brought to the repair shop, workers receive instructions about the parts that need to be repaired and those that need to be replaced, as well as the time required to complete the repair. Vehicle body upholstery professionals use specific machines (such as cutting, welding, and grinding machines) to repair and install damaged vehicle body parts. The workers connect the tires and damaged parts with special machines to level them, where hydraulic pressure is used in the leveling process, as for the parts with a single design that do not have a specific frame, they must be rebalanced accurately, so the workers use tables to help reach the location of the deviations and measure the extent of the deviation of the damaged part from its original location.
  • Car painting: In most repair shops, car painting is done after the repair by professionals specialized in the painting process after the sitting process, where the paint professionals use the putty to level the damaged part or place on the surface of the vehicle body, then this part is sanded after the putty dries so that the body is ready for spraying the paint according to the required specifications. Sometimes the painting is done in a special oven and automatically. The work of the vehicle body repair professionals is diverse and challenging, as each damaged vehicle poses a different problem, and they must develop appropriate methods for each task using their extensive experience in knowing the different vehicle construction methods and repair techniques.

To perform the previous tasks, workers in car body upholstery and painting need to acquire the necessary competencies of knowledge, skills and attitudes, starting from general competencies in the field of knowledge of the types and properties of different metals used in vehicles, and paints for different metals, and in the field of preparing, operating and servicing the devices and tools used to paint vehicles, and preparing paint mixtures, to specialized competencies in preparing the vehicle surface for painting, and carrying out the process of smoothing and initial completion of the surfaces to be painted, and carrying out the process of regular and plastic putty, spraying the base paint, isolating the surface to be painted, preparing, operating and servicing the thermal oven, polishing the vehicle surface after painting, and applying occupational safety and health procedures and instructions. And English language skills, especially those related to the profession, and using catalogs related to the profession, and the necessary life skills and building the character to carry out the required tasks. And the competencies that enable them to perform the work mentioned in the job description (which are the qualifications required for the labor market), in addition to mastering the modern technology skills that the labor market needs. They also need competencies to open their own projects through the necessary entrepreneurial and administrative training.

2- Work environment, workplaces and the possibility of professional development:

  • Body and paint workshops
  • Car companies
  • Scrap and remodeling factories
  • Transport and shipping agencies

The possibility of starting with a professional assistant for upholstery and painting and the period varies according to previous experience and the ability to develop, and then work as a professional for upholstery and painting cars, and it is also possible for his/her work to develop over time to become a specialized technician with experience, and in medium and large workshops it is possible to develop to work as a supervisor for a professional for upholstery and painting cars and many professionals create their own work. Income develops and multiplies according to development, gaining experience and demonstrating the ability to develop, and this is what distinguishes a graduate of a vocational education and training institution from someone who joins the labor market without a profession.
In addition, income and employment are linked to the general economic situation, but statistics showed the ability of vocational graduates to find work or open their own business.

3-Qualification for the profession: (training locations, forms, admission requirements, and the possibility of completing education)

I - Training locations:

YMCA / Jericho General painting Car upholstery and painting

The center provides internal housing for students from outside the governorate. It also provides short courses for workers in the profession.

  • Focuses on students who have completed the basic stage of education (tenth grade) and are between the ages of 16-20.

There are short courses on demand in these centers to develop the skills of workers in the profession and the unemployed or according to the target group.

Multiple options for completing education in professions:
  • The certificate acquired from the center qualifies its holder to work as a professional in the labor market without the need to complete his/her studies.
  • There is a possibility to join the vocational guidance private study if the student meets some conditions (completing the ninth grade as a minimum, age at least 19 years, two years of practical experience in the profession)

Those who have completed the vocational guidance can complete their education in colleges and applied universities.


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