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Classes of repair work

Certificates and licences are granted for the different types or classes of repair work that are performed. There are thirteen separate classes of repair work:

Automotive electrician  a person who repairs electrical equipment, systems or circuits in motor vehicles 
Body maker a person who makes motor vehicle bodies (otherwise than in the course of manufacturing new motor vehicles) or who repairs motor vehicle bodies 
Brake mechanic  a person who repairs brake equipment or systems in motor vehicles 
Exhaust repairer  a person who repairs exhaust systems on motor vehicles, but does not include a person who repairs any mechanical or electrical system or circuit or any electronic device associated with, or any component of the engine of, a motor vehicle
Front end specialist a person who repairs the steering or suspension systems of motor vehicles 
Liquefied petroleum gas mechanic  a person who installs liquefied petroleum gas equipment in motor vehicles or who repairs liquefied petroleum gas equipment in motor vehicles 
Motor cycle mechanic a person who performs the work of a motor mechanic only on motor cycles
Motor mechanic a person who repairs the engines or transmissions or the fuel, induction, exhaust, electrical, steering, suspension, cooling or braking systems, of motor vehicles
Natural gas mechanic a person who installs natural gas equipment in motor vehicles or who repairs natural gas equipment in motor vehicles
Vehicle painter a person who paints motor vehicles
Panelbeater a person who repairs the structural components, frames or panel work of motor vehicles
Radiator repairer a person who repairs radiators, heating equipment, thermostats or fuel tanks of motor vehicles
Transmission specialist a person who repairs the gears, clutches, drive shafts and differentials of motor vehicles, and the controlling systems for those parts in motor vehicles 


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