Vehicle Body Builders and Trimmers
VET / TAFE Declining · ANZSCO skill level 3 · occupation 3242
Vehicle Body Builders and Trimmers manufacture and repair prototype production units and purpose-built vehicle bodies, and install, repair and replace the interior trim of vehicles.
How do you get there?
Highest qualification held by people in this job: 2.8% university · 57.3% vet / tafe · 36.2% school / entry (ABS Census via JSA).
Usually studied as Building & Construction, Automotive. A selection of providers offering courses in this field (indicative, not ranked):
- University Central Queensland University
- University The University of Sydney
- University Western Sydney University
- University Southern Cross University (SCU)
- University Adelaide University
- University The University of Newcastle (UoN)
- University University of South Australia (UniSA)
- University University of Canberra
- TAFE TAFE Queensland
- TAFE Melbourne Polytechnic
- TAFE TAFE SA
- TAFE Victorian Institute of Technology
- TAFE Bendigo Kangan Institute
- TAFE Chisholm Institute
- TAFE Gordon Institute of TAFE
- TAFE Holmesglen Institute
Course & field-of-education data © Commonwealth of Australia (CRICOS), CC BY 2.5 AU. Matched by field of education — indicative; confirm entry requirements with each provider.
Where these jobs are
VIC 31.1% · QLD 28.5% · NSW 17.5% · WA 12.8% · SA 4.6% · TAS 2.3% · NT 1.6% · ACT 1.6%
Top industries
Other Services · Manufacturing.
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia — Occupation profiles (Feb 2026) + Employment Projections (May 2025–2035). © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0. Figures are national estimates.