Learn/NECO SSCE/Syllabus/Auto Body RepairStudy this course in LearnPractice opens in your NECO SSCE workspace after you sign in. Questions and lecture notes stay there.Practice this courseOpen lecture notesOfficial rules, eligibility, and dates stay on the NECO SSCE guide.course outlineSafety rules and regulations in Auto body repairs and spray painting.Definition of safety rules and regulations in auto body repairs and spray painting.List of rules and regulations and their importance.List of safety tools and equipment/machines for auto body repairs.Auto body dressing code: personal protective equipment (nose mask, goggles, boots, ear defender, etc).Sources of accident (human factors, machinery/equipment and workshop keeping) and their preventions.Factory acts on safety rules and regulations: 1984 amended resource conservation recovery act, environmental protection agency regulations and hazardous waste collection and recycling (solvent recovery system).Tools and EquipmentBasic Hand ToolsTypes of hand tools. (hammers, dollies, spanner, files, ratchets, body spoons, etc) and their uses.Types and uses of power tools and equipment/machines (drilling machine, body jack, sanders, air compressor, shaping machines, cutting machine, etc).Advantages and disadvantages of machines.Uses of machines and safety precautions.Spray painting tools and equipment.Spray painting tools and equipment (scrapers, brushes, funnels, paint pots, spray gun, spraybody filters, air compressor, oven, spray boot, etc).Care and maintenance of tools and equipment.Definition of maintenance and types - predictive, preventive and corrective.Manufacturer's maintenance guide.Maintenance of tools and equipment.Materials for auto-body repairs and spray paintingAuto-body Repairs materials.Types of body filler - plastic filler; - fibreglass fillers; - body solder; 30/70 and 40/60.Type of body abrasives e.g. sand papers, (wet and dry); Sanding disc.Type of sealers e.g. rubber sealers, seam sealers, undercoating, etc.Rivet pins e.g. pop and solid rivets.Spray painting materials.Types of paints – Enamel paints and lacquers.Under coats: surface primer, putty/body filler, sealers.Top coats: lacquers and enamel paints.Manufactures paint guide: paint formula, paint mixing equipment, custom-mix basecolours, paint labels, colour charts.Type of metals.Ferrous and non ferrous metals - mild teel, cast iron, aluminium, brass, etc.Properties of metals – fusibility, maleability, ductility, weldability, etc.Uses of metals on Auto bodies.Heat treatment of metals.Definition of heat treatment.Types and process of heat treatment e.g. hardening, annealing, normalizing, case-hardening and tempering.Importance of heat treatment.Oxy-acetylene welding and equipment.Definition of oxy-acetylene welding.Safety precautionsOxy-acetylene welding equipment.Types of oxy-acetylene gas used e.g.(high and low pressure system).Installations of welding equipment.Welding nozzles.Defects of oxy-acetylene welding – slag inclusion, porosity, crack, lack of penetration, etc and their remedies.Auto body repair workMinor auto body repair.Types of auto body (i) integral body; (ii) composite body .Basic methods of straightening auto body: aligning the metal with power jack, pulling the metal with sledge hammer, using pre-bar, pulling the metal with pull taps. Heat-shrinking the metal to bring the metal back to its original shape.Tools used in-minor repairs- hammers, hand dollies, spoons, spanners, screw drivers, etc.Major auto body repair.Major body sections e.g. front engine compartment, passenger section, rear sectionBasic alignment principle.Quarter panel cutting.Light weight panels.Damaged vehicle alignment.Aluminum panel repair.Steps involved in aluminum panel repair.Repair and alignment of damaged aluminum panel.Aluminum deck lid repair.Plastic repairs.Precautions while working with plastics.Types of plastic resins (thermosetting and thermoplastic).Repair of plastic parts by melting.Introduction to glass fibre panel repair.Spray painting:Spray gun and accessories.Spray gun – pressure feed gun siphon and gravity gun.Spray gun parts – air cap, fluid needle, air valve, trigger gun, body, cup, etc.Precautions in the use of spray gun.Manufacturer's maintenance guide.Surface preparation.Preparation of surfaces for spray painting.Type of paints.Metallic paint.Paints used on auto bodies cellulose synthetic paint, enamel paint, acrylic, metallic paints, etc.Importance of manufacturer's paint code.Special paints and their importance.Variable agents (flakes and pigments).Metallic spray techniques (wet and dry spray).Auto body workshop business.Factors to consider in locating auto body repair shop - capital, accessibility, land, etc.List of tools and equipment.
