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OSCA 351531Updated 2026-01-29
Vehicle Body Builder
National shortage level: Strong
ANZSCO 324211OSCA 351531
Snapshot
Median pay: AUD 38k
Weekly earnings: AUD 740
Salary range: AUD 35k-AUD 42k
Job ads trend: Not listed
Time to hire: Varies
Visa pathways: Check eligibility
State distribution
33.8%
VIC
26.2%
QLD
22.3%
NSW
Education mix
49.5%
certificate iii/ iv
19%
year 10 and below
14.7%
year 12
Role overview
Vehicle Body Builders manufacture and repair prototype production units and purpose-built vehicle bodies such as buses, trucks, fire engines and caravans.
What you do
- • Constructs framework sections in metal, wood, fibreglass and other materials using shaping machines and cutting and welding equipment.
- • Bolts, screws, rivets and welds sections together to form complete frameworks.
- • Cuts and shapes panels of sheet metal, aluminium and reinforced plastic and attaches to frameworks using hand and power tools.
Core skills
Credentials & pathway
- Recommended level: certificate iii/ iv (49.5%)
Recent job ads
No ads listed yet.
Tasks
- • Bolts, screws, rivets and welds sections together to form complete frameworks.
- • Constructs framework sections in metal, wood, fibreglass and other materials using shaping machines and cutting and welding equipment.
- • Cuts and shapes panels of sheet metal, aluminium and reinforced plastic and attaches to frameworks using hand and power tools.
Earnings
Weekly median: AUD 740
Annual median: AUD 38k
Range: AUD 35k-AUD 42k