Daniel
Daniel's Story
(Vehicle Paint Technician)
"I am so glad I found out about the Apprenticeship scheme, I love cars so its great to be able to work with them every day. I get a real sense of satisfaction from my job and enjoy learning all the different techniques in Body Refinishing."
Daniel Atkinson is currently employed as a Paint Technician at M&M Vehicle Repairs, one of the largest accident repair centres in Staffordshire. He is just about to complete his Intermediate Level Apprenticeship in Body Refinishing.
Dan has always had an interest in cars and loved to read magazines on body work from a young age. So when Martec training came into his school to do some mock interviews he was really pleased to hear about the Paint Apprenticeship available to him.
His main duties in the paint shop are to assess what repairs need doing, to assure all parts have been stripped from the vehicle, prepare panels for paint by sanding down, masking out and priming relevant areas along with helping to keep the work shop clean and tidy and valeting the cars before they go back out to the customer.
When Dan moves onto his Advanced Level Apprenticeship he will be more involved with selecting, matching and mixing colour as well as spray painting the vehicles themselves in the specialist booths.
