Vehicle Body Technician – Body Repairer

A graduate of a recognised school in the specialty only needs the 40 hours of body shop – paint shop environmental management.

An experienced technician needs both seminars (100+40 hours) and at least 8 years of previous experience, gained within the last 15 years.

1. Application
2. Fee €29.50 (Tax Office)
3. Certified copy of identity card
4. Two (2) colour photographs (passport type)
5. Solemn declaration under Law 1599/86 that: “I have not been irrevocably convicted of desertion or draft evasion and am not subject to the restrictions of article 19 of Law 1763/88 «military conscription of Greeks».”
6. Certificate of employment (signed by the employer and endorsed by the labour inspector – the form is provided by our office).
7. Certified copy of the employer’s licence to practise.
8. Certificate from a KEK recognised by the competent state authority (100 hours) showing that the applicant has successfully attended the courses listed for their specialty.
9. Certificate from a KEK recognised by the competent state authority (40 hours) showing that the applicant has successfully attended the courses on the environmental management of a car body shop – paint shop.

Training is provided for technicians and experienced technicians, employees and employers who want to obtain a licence to practise. The requirements for practising as a car, motorcycle and moped technician and the operating conditions of the workshops for these vehicles are set out in Government Gazette 207/A/11-12-85 (Law 1575/85). For the vehicle body technician (body repairer) and paint technician specialties, the training subjects include, among others:

• Elements of professional activity
• Welding
• Bodywork technology
• Specialty drawing
• Vehicle body painting
• Motor vehicles
• Paint technology
• Causes of paint problems and how to fix them
• Knowledge of Law 35 (I) of 2006
• Hazards & safety, protection & hygiene measures in the technician’s workshop

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The Programme Cost is €350.

At the end of the training, the trainee will be able to:

• safely use the materials and equipment of vehicle workshops, body shops and paint shops
• safely manage the waste produced by work in these premises
• apply methods of environmental management and of health and safety
• in their workplace.

The programme lasts 100 hours in total, corresponding to 5 ECVET CREDITS, and is organised into the following thematic modules:

Module 1: Elements of professional activity

Module 2: Welding

Module 3: Bodywork technology

Module 4: Specialty drawing

Module 5: Vehicle body painting

Module 6: Motor vehicles

Module 7: Paint technology

Module 8: Causes of paint problems and how to fix them

Module 9: Knowledge of Law 35 (I) of 2006

Module 10: Hazards & safety, protection & hygiene measures in the paint technician’s workshop.

The course design follows the methodology of Open and Distance e-learning. Teaching through an asynchronous distance learning system is based mainly on self-paced study of the teaching material and on activities, so as to ensure a high degree of autonomy for the Trainee.

Each part includes:

• asynchronous online teaching on a distance learning platform, so that trainees choose their own schedule for studying the teaching material,
• Assessment activities.

After successfully completing the programme, participants receive a Training Certificate accompanied by a Diploma Supplement.