National Occupational Classification for Statistics (NOC-S) 2006

• H - Trades, Transport and Equipment Operators and Related Occupations
• H4 - Mechanics
• H42 - Automotive Service Technicians

H422 - Motor Vehicle Body Repairers

Motor vehicle body repairers repair and restore damaged motor vehicle body parts and interior finishing; repaint body surfaces; and repair and/or replace automotive glass. They are employed by automobile dealerships, automobile body repair shops and automobile appraisal centres. This unit group also includes metal repairers who repair defective automobile body parts and damage to the bodies of newly assembled cars. They are employed by motor vehicle manufacturers.

• Example Titles

  • antique car restorer, body
  • antique vehicle restorer, body
  • apprentice painter - motor vehicle repair
  • apprentice painter, motor vehicles
  • auto glass installer
  • autobody mechanic
  • autobody repairer
  • autobody technician
  • autobody technician - collision
  • autobody technician - refinishing
  • autobody worker
  • automobile body repairman / woman
  • automobile damage repair estimator
  • automobile polisher-sander - motor vehicle repair
  • automotive body mechanic
  • automotive body painter
  • automotive body repairer
  • automotive body repairer-painter
  • automotive body technician
  • automotive glass technician
  • automotive painter - motor vehicle repair
  • automotive painter apprentice
  • automotive painting and refinishing technician
  • body and fender repairer - automobile
  • body and fender repairman / woman - automobile
  • body repairer apprentice, motor vehicles
  • body repairer, motor vehicles
  • collision repair technician
  • damage repair estimator, automobile
  • dent remover and repairer - automobile
  • dingman / woman - autobody
  • journeyman / woman motor vehicle body repairer
  • metal finish and touch-up repairer - motor vehicle manufacturing
  • metal finisher - motor vehicle manufacturing
  • metal repairer - motor vehicle manufacturing
  • metal upgrader - motor vehicle manufacturing
  • motor repair vehicle painter apprentice
  • motor vehicle body finisher
  • motor vehicle body repairer
  • motor vehicle body repairer - collision
  • motor vehicle body repairer - metal and paint
  • motor vehicle body repairer - refinishing
  • motor vehicle body repairer apprentice
  • motor vehicle body repair-painter
  • motor vehicle body technician
  • motor vehicle body technician - truck
  • motor vehicle painter - motor vehicle repair
  • painter - motor vehicle repair
  • painter, automobiles - motor vehicle repair
  • painter, motor vehicles - motor vehicle repair
  • repair shop estimator, automotive
  • used car renovator

• Exclusion

  • Assembly line painters in automobile manufacturing (See J226 Painters and Coaters - Industrial)
  • Foremen/women supervising motor vehicle body repairers (See H016 Contractors and Supervisors, Mechanic Trades)
  • Mechanics who service motor vehicle mechanical, electrical and electronic systems (See H421 Automotive Service Technicians, Truck and Bus Mechanics and Mechanical Repairers)