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Certificate II in Automotive Body Repair Technology

This qualification gets you ready for entry level work on vehicle bodies in the automotive repair industry, where most jobs start with stripping, prepping and helping more experienced tradespeople.

  • Duration: 4 months to 2 years
  • Study mode: Online and on campus
  • Course code: AUR20920

Where you can study this course

Where
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  • TAFE NSW

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    Campuses
    4 campuses
    Duration
    4 months to 2 years
    Study mode
    Varies by campus
    Full fee
    $6,750
    Eligible students: subsidised from $1,010, concession $160

    What students say

    Many students speak well of the facilities and campus, and some rate the trainers and teaching highly, though opinions are mixed on the trainers and teaching and student support, and some found the organisation and admin frustrating.

  • Work Skills

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    What students say

    Most students rate the trainers and the teaching highly, and many speak well of the student support, while some value the flexibility and pacing.

  • TasTAFE

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    12 campuses
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  • South Metropolitan TAFE

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    14 campuses
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    What students say

    Students often rate the trainers and teaching highly, though opinions are mixed on both teaching and campus facilities. Some also found student support frustrating to access.

  • South Regional TAFE

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    South Regional TAFE - Narrogin
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  • Bendigo Regional Institute of TAFE

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    Bendigo TAFE Library
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Last reviewed 20 September 2026.

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Is this course right for you?

Entry requirements

Nil.

  • Providers can set their own conditions, such as a minimum age or a current job in the industry, and practical training may need a workplace placement. Check each provider above.

Entry recommendations

To be prepared for this course, it helps to have:

  • an interest in how vehicles are put together
  • a willingness to work with your hands
  • good communication skills for teamwork
  • a careful approach to safety in a workshop

What will you learn?

You learn to work safely in a workshop, use and look after hand and power tools, read job sheets and other workplace documents, and follow environmental and sustainability practices. The training is largely hands on, and the teamwork unit reflects how repair work is usually shared across a workshop rather than done alone.

  • Safe workshop practices
  • Using and maintaining tools
  • Reading workplace documents
  • Environmental and sustainability practices
  • Working in a team
  • Vehicle body repair tasks

Units of competency (5 core, 8 elective)

The qualification is made up of 13 units. Everyone completes the 5 core units below, and the remaining 8 are electives chosen from the list on training.gov.au, so they vary by provider. Select a unit to see what it covers.

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Where this fits

Certificate II in Automotive Body Repair Technology in automotive: the study that leads into it, the study that follows, and other routes at the same level.

Before

No earlier step listed.

You are looking at

Certificate II

Certificate II in Automotive Body Repair Technology

After

Certificate IIICertificate III in Automotive Electrical TechnologyMove into the electrical side, testing circuits, reading wiring diagrams and repairing charging and body electronic systems, which your body repair training does not cover.Certificate IIICertificate III in Automotive Body Repair TechnologyGo further into body repair: assessing damage, fixing misalignment and structural damage, and welding body sections, with no entry requirements so you can start without prior experience.

Other routes at the same level

All automotive courses →

Data from training.gov.au and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (CC BY 4.0).