Vehicle Body Paint Technician

For employees and self-employed people in paint shops, body shops and workshops, graduates of related technical specialties, and anyone who wants well-founded training in vehicle body repair and painting.

1. Copy of Police Identity Card or Passport
2. e-Fee €29.50 (Code 8252)
3. Training certification certificate from a Vocational Training Centre (KEK) recognised by the competent state authority, showing that the applicant has successfully attended at least 100 hours of the courses listed for their specialty
4. Eight (8) years of previous experience in similar work in a workshop of the corresponding specialty within the last fifteen years
5. Solemn declaration through gov.gr under Law 1599/86 that:

• they have not submitted documents to another office for a certificate of proper notification of a Licence to Practise of the same or a different specialty for experience within the same period, and
• (for male candidates) they have not been irrevocably convicted of draft evasion or desertion (they are not subject to the restrictions of article 53 of Law 3421/05 (as amended and in force today) «military conscription of Greeks»)

6. Copy of the workshop’s operating licence
7. Copy of the licence to practise of the workshop’s corresponding technician
8. Certificate (ONLY FOR CANDIDATE BODY REPAIRERS – PAINTERS) from a KEK showing that they have successfully attended courses on the environmental management of a Body Shop – Paint Shop

The Programme Cost is €350.

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

Thematic module 1: Professional activity and institutional framework

Thematic module 2: Motor vehicles and bodywork

Thematic module 3: Construction materials and surfaces

Thematic module 4: Vehicle paint shop equipment and tools

Thematic module 5: Preparing surfaces before painting

Thematic module 6: Paint materials, primers, fillers and substrates

Thematic module 7: Colour technology and colorimetry

Thematic module 8: Vehicle body painting techniques

Thematic module 9: Drying, curing, finishing and polishing

Thematic module 10: Paint defects: causes, diagnosis and repair

Thematic module 11: Health, safety and personal protective equipment

Thematic module 12: Quality control and final assessment

At the end of the training, the trainee will be able to recognise construction materials and the requirements of each surface; prepare the substrate correctly by cleaning, sanding, filling, priming and masking; choose and use paints, primers, fillers, clear coats and auxiliary materials; apply the basic principles of colorimetry and colour matching; set up the equipment and apply paint with a controlled technique; recognise paint defects and choose the right repair; carry out drying, finishing, polishing and final quality control; and work with the appropriate PPE, respecting health, fire safety and environmental protection rules.

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

Note: The seminar certificate is not in itself a licence to practise and does not guarantee that one will be issued. The requirements are examined by the competent Regional Directorate of Transport on the basis of each candidate’s qualifications, previous experience and other documents.

Before registering, applicants are advised to confirm in writing with the competent office whether this training can be used in their personal file.