Bodyshop Paint Technician Apprenticeship - Mercedes - Newcastle

Nottingham College; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity at a leading college for a candidate to work with Sytner MINI, focusing on vehicle repair and painting. The role involves hands-on work with current staff, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards while delivering high-quality finishes to customer vehicles.

Responsibilities

• Repair and paint customer vehicles following manufacturer specifications.
• Involve in drying and curing techniques for vehicle finishing.
• Calculate paint volume requirements per job.

Job description

This is an unrivalled opportunity with excellent training at Emtec College and superb future career prospects.

Working for Sytner MINI, the successful candidate will perform repair, surface preparation and painting to the manufacturer paint specification.

Duties will include:

• Working alongside the current staff to repair and paint customer vehicles
• Involvement in drying and curing techniques used in the finishing of vehicles
• Calculation/estimation of paint volume requirements per job
• Health & safety and compliance requirements of a collision repair business, such as control of substances
• Identify and operate the correct repair tools, equipment and devices used in the process e.g mixing systems, paint booths, UV lamps and spray equipment