Profession motor vehicle body assembler

Motor vehicle body assemblers fasten motor vehicle body parts and components together such as frames, doors, chassis and hoods. They use hand tools, power tools and other equipment such as CNC machines or robots. They read technical plans and use automated assembling equipment to build motor vehicle bodies. They inspect individual parts for malfunctions and check the quality of assemblies to make sure the standards are met and the specifications respected. Motor vehicle body assemblers report any assembly issues to their supervisor.

Personality Type

• Realistic / Conventional

Knowledge

• Mechanics

  Theoretical and practical applications of the science studying the action of displacements and forces on physical bodies to the development of machinery and mechanical devices.

• Mechanics of motor vehicles

  The way energy forces interact and affect components in motor vehicles such as cars, buses, invalid carriages and other motorised vehicles. 

• Quality standards

  The national and international requirements, specifications and guidelines to ensure that products, services and processes are of good quality and fit for purpose.

Skills

• Use technical documentation

  Understand and use technical documentation in the overall technical process.

• Inspect quality of products

  Use various techniques to ensure the product quality is respecting the quality standards and specifications. Oversee defects, packaging and sendbacks of products to different production departments.

• Assemble metal parts

  Align and arrange steel and metal parts in order to assemble complete products; use the appropriate hand tools and gauges.

• Work in assembly line teams

  Manufacture products on a moving assembly line. Work in a team where everyone has an assigned task.

• Fasten components

  Fasten components together according to blueprints and technical plans in order to create subassemblies or finished products.

• Read standard blueprints

  Read and comprehend standard blueprints, machine, and process drawings.

• Apply health and safety standards

  Adhere to standards of hygiene and safety established by respective authorities.

• Align components

  Align and lay out components in order to put them together correctly according to blueprints and technical plans.

• Mark processed workpiece

  Inspect and mark parts of the workpiece to indicate how they will fit into the finished product.

• Troubleshoot

  Identify operating problems, decide what to do about it and report accordingly.

• Wear appropriate protective gear

  Wear relevant and necessary protective gear, such as protective goggles or other eye protection, hard hats, safety gloves.

• Read engineering drawings

  Read the technical drawings of a product made by the engineer in order to suggest improvements, make models of the product or operate it.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB