Vehicle Panel(Body Repair) apprenticeship vacancy at Steer Automotive Group (Chelmsford)
STEER AUTOMOTIVE GROUP LIMITED
Chelmsford (CM1 3AE)
Closes on Friday 29 August 2025
Posted on 9 May 2025
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Summary
As our Apprentice Vehicle Panel Technician, you will gain the technical knowledge and practical skills to safely repair accident damaged vehicles to manufacturers specifications while being provided with the support, guidance and training needed to progress your career further.
- Wage
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£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Vehicle damage panel technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 8.00am - 4.30pm, inclusive of 1 x 30 minute lunch break.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Dismantling vehicles for repair and checking parts removed whilst doing so
- Marking all displaced parts and ensuring they are stored safe and securely
- Reporting extra parts needed to Workshop Controller/Estimator
- Complete quality check sheet
- Carrying out repair as per job card and repair methods and completing necessary quality check sheet
- Jig and pull if required or requested
- Set up welding equipment correctly as per repair methods
Aligning panels - Use correct body fillers and tooling for repair
- Test fitting vehicle components during and after repair
- Attend all training courses and ensure that all work set is kept up to date and an accurate training log is kept working closely with other members of the workshop team to continually learn and share knowledge
Where you'll work
38 Hanbury Rd
Chelmsford
CM1 3AE
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
THATCHAM RESEARCH
Your training course
Vehicle damage panel technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Ability to undertake appropriate job preparation prior to commencing repair, including safety precautions, panel preparation and body measurements.
- Ability to identify the material used in the construction to enable the correct joining techniques and manufacturer specifications to be adhered to.
- Ability to interpret relevant technical data and methods to make sure that any joints are in line with vehicle manufacturer specification and the vehicle/body panels are aligned correctly
- Ability to identify and understand the correct joining technology, e.g. when to use resistance spot welding or mig brazing or bonding.
- Ability to remove, repair and replace vehicle body panels and components of the vehicle safely and efficiently
- Ability to identify and operate the correct repair tools, equipment and devices used in the process, panel pulling systems, jig and alignment tools, spot welders, brazing tools.
- Ability to identify and communicate supplementary damage such as panels that were deemed to be reparable but once worked on were found to be beyond repair along with damage that could not be established on original inspection.
- Ability to detect and rectify faults within a vehicles structure that’s integral to its safety
Your training plan
- IMI ( Institute of the motor industry) Level 3 Vehicle Panel apprenticeship standard
- Thatcham Academy will deliver the training
- Thatcham Training for technical requirements will be 12 x 1 week blocks during the 36 month apprenticeship
- Practical training available on-site during your working week
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- English Language (grade 4)
- Mathematics (grade 4)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
About this company
Steer Automotive Group are one of the fastest growing and progressive Accident Repair Groups in the UK, with sustained growth and continuous investment in the latest technology and training. This role will be an integral part of the site and you will be trained to work to the highest standards and develop a commitment to complete quality from start to finish.
After this apprenticeship
There are many potential career paths and opportunities within Steer automotive Group and their 100+ accident repair centres.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
STEER AUTOMOTIVE GROUP LIMITED
Jim Swann
academy@steer.co.uk
07515064325
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000319728.
Apply now
Closes on Friday 29 August 2025
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