NITA Panel Beating & Spray Painting Trade Test case studies
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The NITA Panel Beating and Spray Painting Trade Test is a Kenyan trade certification for people who repair vehicle bodies and refinish them. It is aimed at apprentices, experienced workshop hands who never sat a formal test, and technicians moving from a helper role into charge-hand work. The NITA Panel Beating & Spray Painting Trade Test case studies are 5 cases and about 3,191 words.
1Hot Work Beside an Open Thinner Drum
At 16:30 in a small body shop, a technician is asked to MIG-weld a replacement patch into the left rear quarter panel of a van that must be collected by 07:00. The welding bay extraction unit has failed and the only respiratory protection within reach is a disposable P2 dust mask.
650 words, about 3 min2Front-End Hit: Repair, Replace or Pull?
A 2019 unibody compact sedan has been hit on the left front corner. The bumper, headlamp, fender and hood are damaged, and the left apron has a 30 mm crease.
659 words, about 3 min3Blisters and Sandscratches on a Refinished Door
A door is refinished after a dent repair. The technician applied polyester body filler directly over bare steel that had been wiped with thinner, sanded the filler with 80-grit and then 180-grit, applied a 2K primer, and wet-sanded the primer with 600-grit before basecoat.
633 words, about 3 min4Mixing and Blending a Silver Metallic Bumper
A 2020 compact SUV needs its rear bumper cover refinished in a silver metallic. The adjacent left quarter panel is undamaged, but the colour on the bumper has a slightly lighter face than the quarter panel, and the shop's colour system shows two variants for the code.
630 words, about 3 min5Cash Job, Hidden Damage and a Tight Deadline
A customer brings a 2014 hatchback to a busy shop on Wednesday morning for a scuffed rear bumper and a small dent in the tailgate. He wants to pay cash and collect the car on Friday at 17:00.
619 words, about 3 min