Management in Body Repair
You may be working as either a Lead Fitter or Senior Technician, worked hard to develop your skills and learning, but looking to move into a more Supervisory or Bodyshop Management position. Perhaps even as a Vehicle Damage Assessor [VDA] for a repair workshop or an insurance firm, or even thinking about how to set up your own vehicle body repair business and move into mobile repair.
Bodyshop Supervisor / Manager - Directing the work activities of automotive body repair technicians, responsible for ensuring repair deadlines are met, standards of work are upheld and productivity levels maintained within the body repair team. Provide technical advice and guidance, verify documentation and purchasing vehicle parts and other relevant supplies needed to repair customer vehicles.
Automotive Training & Education - As a Senior Technician or Workshop Manager, you may be looking for that move into body repair skills training, education, and learning. You may already hold the necessary training and qualifications to teach, or looking for a training path to allow you to gain these required qualifications, such as a Level 4, Assessor Level 4 qualification, including teaching methods, so you can develop and deliver the necessary training programmes to students, including apprenticeships, assessments and mentoring to the body repair sector.
Vehicle Body Repair Business - Those with an entrepreneurial spirit may decide to open their own vehicle body repair garage, either starting from scratch and getting to grips with more than just repairing cars, such as advertising, purchasing and accounting. Purchase an existing body repair business can make the start-up process slightly easier or joining an existing Franchise network who can provide needed support, experience, equipment and in most cases even some customers.
We know talent when we see it… From Apprenticeship through to Management and Training, Talent Connect is the recruitment partner of choice for Dealerships, Independents and Body Repair Groups. We work with every candidate, offering career advice, CV writing and interview techniques and full support to ensure we match the right people to the right career opportunities.