PANEL BEATER – JOB OPPORTUNITY

Job Summary

The purpose of the role is to assess, repair, prepare, and restore vehicle bodywork and panels in accordance with LTWP workshop, HSE, quality, and approved industry standards, supporting safe and reliable flee.

Job Details

The purpose of the role is to assess, repair, prepare, and restore vehicle bodywork and panels in accordance with LTWP workshop, HSE, quality, and approved industry standards, supporting safe and reliable fleet operations through quality workmanship, proper material control, housekeeping, and accurate job records.

3.1 Work Planning and Job Assessment

• Assess vehicle body damage, corrosion, dents, scratches, panel alignment, and repair requirements. 
• Confirm work scope, materials, estimated time, and repair method with the Workshop Supervisor before commencing work. 
• Identify hidden damage, structural concerns, or safety-critical defects and escalate before proceeding. 
• Support accurate job card completion, including before-and-after repair evidence where required. 

3.2 Panel Beating and Body Repair

• Carry out dent removal, panel straightening, rust treatment, filling, sanding, preparation, and panel replacement to required workshop standards. 
• Protect vehicle interiors, glass, electrical components, seals, tyres, and adjacent panels during repair works. 
• Ensure repaired panels are aligned, secure, smooth, and ready for paint preparation or final inspection. 
• Ensure no vehicle is released with sharp edges, loose panels, unsafe defects, or incomplete repair work. 

3.3 Spray Painting and Surface Finishing

• Prepare surfaces for painting, including cleaning, masking, sanding, priming, sealing, and final surface checks. 
• Mix, apply, and finish paint products only where trained, authorised, and using approved materials. 
• Ensure correct colour matching, paint finish, curing time, polishing, and final quality of repaired panels. 
• Prevent overspray, contamination, poor masking, dust inclusion, paint runs, poor adhesion, and unnecessary rework. 
• Conduct spray-painting only in approved, ventilated, controlled, and fire-safe areas. 

3.4 Health, Safety, and HSE Compliance

• Comply with LTWP workshop, HSE, fire prevention, and approved industry safety requirements. 
• Use correct PPE for all tasks, including gloves, eye protection, hearing protection, respirator, coveralls, and safety footwear as required. 
• Ensure paints, primers, hardeners, thinners, fillers, adhesives, degreasers, and other chemicals are labelled, stored, used, and disposed of correctly. 
• Confirm SDS/MSDS availability and comply with required controls before using hazardous materials. 
• Report spills, unsafe tools, missing SDS/MSDS, defective PPE, fire risks, injuries, near misses, and unsafe conditions immediately. 
• Maintain good housekeeping in all panel beating, sanding, preparation, and painting areas. 

3.5 Material, Tool, and Equipment Control

• Request and use materials through the approved workshop process. 
• Record paint, filler, abrasives, consumables, replacement panels, and other materials used against the relevant job card. 
• Prevent wastage, misuse, unauthorised use, expired stock use, and uncontrolled storage of workshop materials. 
• Inspect tools and equipment before use, including grinders, sanders, compressors, spray guns, hoses, stands, and hand tools. 
• Report defective tools or equipment and remove unsafe items from use. 

3.6 Quality, Records, and Professional Conduct

• Complete work in line with approved job cards, supervisor instructions, workshop standards, and applicable repair methods. 
• Inspect own work before final sign-off by the Workshop Supervisor or authorised person. 
• Support quality checks, defect reviews, root cause analysis, and corrective actions where rework or quality failures occur. 
• Act in accordance with LTWP values, policies, Code of Conduct, and workshop procedures. 
• Participate in performance reviews, toolbox talks, training, and competency development. 
• Undertake other reasonable duties required to support safe and effective workshop operations. 

Requirements

1. Certificate in Automotive Body Repair, Panel Beating, Spray Painting, or equivalent technical qualification. 
2. Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a busy automotive workshop, fleet maintenance, dealership, or vehicle body repair environment.
3. Experience working on Toyota vehicles, particularly Land Cruiser or similar 4×4 fleet vehicles, will be an added advantage. 
4. Practical experience in panel beating, dent removal, rust treatment, sanding, filling, surface preparation, and basic vehicle body repair.
5. Competence in spray-painting, paint preparation, colour matching, finishing, and polishing, where required for the role. 
6. Working knowledge of workshop HSE requirements, PPE use, SDS/MSDS controls, chemical handling, fire prevention, and safe disposal of hazardous materials. 
7. Good understanding of material control, consumable usage, tool care, job card discipline, and accurate recording of materials used.

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