Light Vehicle Body Repair Works

course outline

Topics

• Safety in Body Repair Shop

  This module covers the essential safety practices and regulations within a body repair shop. It emphasizes the roles of employers and employees in maintaining a safe work environment.

• Body Repair Tools and Equipment

  This module focuses on identifying and understanding the functions and working principles of various tools and equipment used in body repair, including safety requirements.

• Body Materials

  This module explores the different types of materials used in vehicle body construction and repair, including their properties, treatment, and application.

• Car Body Sub-Assemblies and Components

  This module covers the evolution of modern car bodies, identification of sub-assemblies, their functions, assembly methods, and body hardware installation.

• Body Repair Process: Repair Estimate

  This module focuses on the legal and practical aspects of repair estimation, customer relations, and damage assessment in the body repair process.

• Body Repair Process: Repair Procedures and Method

  This module details the planning, execution, and specific techniques involved in vehicle body repair operations, including sub-assembly replacement, hardware installation, and frame alignment.

• Hand Forming Process

  This module introduces the principles and applications of hand forming techniques, including the use of hand wheeling machines and glass fibre reinforced plastics for panel creation and repair.