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Vehicle Maintenance, Body Repair and Refinishing Principles Award - Barnstaple

Course code: FTB019

The Programme

This course is run over four days a week allowing students to secure a placement for work experience on the fifth day. There is a combination of theory and practical covering the fundamentals of vehicle body repair and refinishing. It allows the students to develop skills such as panel fitting and welding and the removal and replacement of panels. It also covers vehicle paint applications and the preparation of panels and is carried out in a modern and realistic workshop.

Entry Requirements

Although there are no minimum grades for entry, students must demonstrate a desire to work in the vehicle body repair and refinishing industry and wish to progress onto an apprenticeship. Ideally students should have a minimum of D grades if they wish to progress onto an apprenticeship.

Costs

Students will need to purchase their own safety equipment such as boots, overalls and a dust mask costing approximately £60*.

Venue

Barnstaple Campus

Progression

Students who complete the course can enter the industry as a semi skilled technician as a second year apprentice - depending on work placement - or progress on to a Level 2 course.

Length of Study

One year.

Academic Year

This course starts in the 2012 / 2013 academic year.

Further Information

Further Information