Women are becoming qualified artisans and taking over the mixing rooms at motor body repair workshops. According to Lee de Sousa of Motus Technical Training Academy, about one-quarter of their spray painting students are female. According to de Sousa, “Many of the workshops today use qualified artisans and women are managing the mixing room. Women […]
Lee de Sousa is back from Motus Technical Academy to talk to us about apprenticeships, trade qualification testing and why a career in the automotive industry is a great choice! A technical trainer of twenty-two years, Lee de Sousa started his career as an apprentice at Lindsay Saker. From there, Lee worked for the likes […]
6 ways to protect your car’s paintwork.
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In the day and age we live in, new vibrant colours are out on the market next to the old beloved classics. As colour means emotion and emotion sells vehicles – whether they are new, second-hand or even a classic – the job of a spray painter is to match the colour of the car 100% when doing a repair.
R-M, BASF’s premium automotive paint brand, with RSB Autogroup, the South African distributor of R-M paint, successfully held the third local Best Painter Contest on 13 March in Midrand. After an exceptional showcase of skills by all five finalists, Arnold Rübler was declared the winner of the Best Painter competition receiving the grand prize of […]
