Job requirements Auto Body Repairer near Québec (QC)
Find out what you typically need to work as an auto body repairer near Québec (QC). These requirements are applicable to all Motor vehicle body repairers (NOC 72411).
Employment requirements
This is what you typically need for the job.
- Auto body repairer certification is compulsory in Ontario and Alberta and available, but voluntary, in the Yukon and the Northwest Territories.
- Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified automotive refinishing technicians upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.
- Completion of secondary school is usually required.
- Auto glass industry certification is usually required.
- Completion of a two- to three-year automotive painter apprenticeship program or a combination of one year of work experience in the automotive refinishing technicians trade and completion of a high school or college automotive painting program is usually required for automotive refinishing technicians trade certification.
- Automotive refinishing technicians certification is compulsory in Alberta and available, but voluntary, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories.
- Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified automotive refinishing technicians upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.
- Automotive glass technicians
- Completion of secondary school is usually required.
- Auto glass industry certification is usually required.
- Apprenticeship training and trade certification for automotive glass technicians is available, but voluntary, in Nova Scotia, Ontario and British Columbia.
- Automobile damage repair estimator
- Completion of secondary school is usually required.
- A combination of two- to three-year of relevant automotive experience and education is usually required.
- Metal repairers, motor vehicle manufacturing
- Completion of secondary school is usually required.
- One to two years of on-the-job training are provided.
Professional certification and licensing
QuébecYou might need to get a professional licence from a regulatory authority before you can start working. Licensing can be compulsory or voluntary, depending on the occupation.
- If the licence is compulsory, you must be certified before you can practise the occupation and use the professional designation.
- If the licence is voluntary, you don’t need to be certified to practise this occupation.
Find out if your occupation is regulated and contact the regulatory authority to learn about the certification process.
Do you want to work in another province or territory?
If you are already certified to work in a regulated occupation in your province or territory, it will be easier for you to have your certification recognized in another province or territory. See the Workers Mobility's website to learn more.
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