National Certificate in Motor Industry (Automotive Body) with strands in Coachbuilding, Collision Repair, Dismantling and Recycling, Refinishing, and Vehicle Detailing

The National Certificate in Motor Industry (Automotive Body) with strands in Coachbuilding, Collision Repair, Dismantling and Recycling, Refinishing, and Vehicle Detailing [Ref: 1413] recognises the skills and knowledge required for people in roles that involve general vehicle body repair, service, or engineering work at an introductory to intermediate level and who work within the automotive body sector of the motor industry.

The qualification includes a core compulsory and core elective section common to each of the five strands. This core covers knowledge and skills in generic areas such as health and safety, communication, customer service, and self-management, as well as industry specific knowledge and skills, including: quality control and industry standards; legislation, tools and equipment used in the industry; new and emerging technology; business responsibilities towards customers; and stock security in the workplace. Each strand comprises a set of compulsory standards, which reflect the specific requirements of each of the automotive body industry sectors, and an elective section that allows candidates to add further skills that are relevant to their position and/or specific workplace requirements.

The qualification strands recognise the competencies required to work in a range of automotive body workplaces in:
. coachbuilding and other vehicle body manufacturing roles involved in the engineering, construction, and modification of coaches, truck bodies, motor-homes, caravans, and other purpose-built vehicle bodies
. collision repair roles involved in vehicle body repairs required as a result of collision and corrosion damage
. dismantling and recycling roles involved in the disassembly of end-of-life vehicles and the disposal and/or sale of the resulting vehicle parts
. refinishing roles involved in the preparation, restoration, and finishing of painted vehicle body surfaces
. vehicle detailing roles involved in the cleaning, grooming, and detailing of the interior and exterior of vehicles to meet appearance requirements.

This qualification is one of a suite of qualifications developed at the introductory to intermediate level for the motor industry. The qualifications in this suite are grouped to reflect the industry-recognised sector subsets of: automotive body, automotive electrical and mechanical engineering, automotive heavy engineering, automotive specialist engineering, and vehicle servicing. In most cases these subsets are also divided into two levels to provide clearer entry and exit points from training.

Industry wished to be able to recognise a minimum and consistent set of fundamental competencies across all roles in all qualifications at each level. This has resulted in a common set of standards that appear consistently across the core sections in all of the Level 3 qualifications in the Motor Industry subfield. This structure has been modelled on the Qualifications Roadmap (the motor industry career pathway document), which allows a candidate to move more easily between strands of qualifications in similar areas and to transfer skills from this qualification to other motor industry qualifications.

People wishing to obtain information on career pathways should contact the NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation Incorporated (see contact details below).

While they are not considered prerequisite qualifications to this qualification, candidates may follow on from the National Certificate in Motor Industry (Foundation Skills) (Level 1) [Ref: 1222] or the National Certificate in Motor Industry (Entry Skills) (Level 2) with strands in Automotive Electrical and Mechanical, and Collision Repair [Ref: 1252], as a number of standards are common to both qualifications. This qualification prepares people and is a prerequisite for the award of the National Certificate in Motor Industry (Automotive Body) (Level 4) with strands in Coachbuilding, Collision Repair, and Refinishing [Ref: 1414].

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