Vehicle Body Builders

Vehicle Body Builders manufacture and repair prototype production units and purpose-built vehicle bodies such as buses, trucks, fire engines and caravans.

What the job involves

• Constructs framework sections in metal, wood, fibreglass and other materials using shaping machines and cutting and welding equipment

• Bolts, screws, rivets and welds sections together to form complete frameworks

• Cuts and shapes panels of sheet metal, aluminium and reinforced plastic and attaches to frameworks using hand and power tools

• Modifies assembly line vehicles to special requirements