Combine your creative and technical skills for a career in vehicle refinishing. Learn how to create artwork on the bodies of vehicles as well as refinishing skills to meet the requirements of industry, including preparing metal or plastic for spraypainting, minor filling, priming, colour coating, polishing and buffing. You'll then be ready to work on repairs, refinishing, custom paintwork, graphics, furniture and other specialised coating applications, or go on to study the National Certificate in Vehicle Refinishing Technology. At MIT you'll learn at one of the largest and most innovative automotive and vehicle technology schools in New Zealand, where the majority of our students find employment in the trade, here and overseas. Our workshops at MIT Otara have the resources and equipment necessary to get the practical skills for your chosen trade, including two downdraft spray booths/ovens. Our teachers work closely with industry and industry training organisations which mean you keep pace with current automotive and vehicle practices.

Technician in the automotive refinishing industry in areas such as repairs, refinishing, custom paintwork, graphics, furniture and other specialised coating applications.