The document provides an overview of panel beater training which involves familiarizing with the industry processes of damage estimation and panel beating. The training covers identifying vehicle parts, understanding how vehicles can be damaged in accidents, calculating markups and costs, the importance of alignment during repairs, estimating time for different damage types like hail or normal damage, replacing and assembling parts, stripping parts, and the differences between labor, stripping, and assembling pricing. Painting techniques like blending and matching parts are also covered.

1. Panel beater training
Trainingat panel beatingwasfordamage estimationexposurewhere I’ve beenfamiliarize withthe
industry i.e. assessingandpanel beatingprocessso thatI wouldbe able to familiarise myselfwith
the repairer’s time estimation andhowtosave cost.
What I have learned
Parts: Familiarise the name of the parts.
How possible can the vehicle be damagedinacertainaccident.
Why are theycharging markup and how to calculate it?
Why are theycharging sundriesandhow tocalculate it?
Panel beating: Why isit importanttoaligna car?
How longdoesittake to panel beata vehicle fordifferentdamageslike haildamage
and normal damage.
Assembling: How longittakesto returnand replace the parts.
There are nosundriescharges.
Striping: How longittakesto remove the parts.
There are nosundriescharges.
Labour: Difference betweenlabour,stripingandassembling pricingthatdue.
Theyonlycharge labouron repairable andnoton replacements.
Replacements theycharge onstripingand assembling.
Painting: Why should we matchparts by blendingthe partsandpaintingnew parts?
Why some othercolours be so expensive.
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