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Panel Beater - Knowledge Module
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About this book
The theory textbook for the QCTO Occupational Certificate: Panel Beater (NQF Level 4, SAQA ID 96364). Fifteen chapters covering all 151 credits of the knowledge component: the occupation and workplace health, safety and the environment; vehicle construction and auto-body materials; tools, welding, cutting and brazing; dashboards, multimedia and trim; body repair processes; structural alignment, paints and masking; engine, cooling, fuel, induction and emissions; drive train, suspension, wheels and alignment; brakes and climate control; batteries, wiring, bus systems and body electrical; supplementary restraint systems, sensors and cameras; hybrid and electric vehicles and working safely around high voltage; diagnostics and the multimeter; and the analysis of damage. Last date for enrolment on SAQA 96364 is 30 December 2026; last date for achievement is 30 December 2029.
- Level: NQF Level 4
- SAQA ID: 96364
- Pages: 686
What is inside
- Chapter 1 — The Panel Beater Occupation and Workplace Health, Safety and the Environment
- PART A — THE PANEL BEATER OCCUPATION
- PART B — WORKPLACE HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
- Chapter 2 — Vehicle Construction Technology and Auto-body Materials
- PART A — VEHICLE CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY
- PART B — AUTOMOTIVE MATERIALS
- Chapter 3 — Tools and Equipment; Welding, Cutting and Brazing
- PART A — AUTOMOTIVE TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- PART B — WELDING, CUTTING AND BRAZING
- Chapter 4 — Dashboards, Navigation and Multimedia Systems; Vehicle Trim and Moulding
- PART A — DASHBOARDS AND IN-CAR ELECTRONICS
- PART B — VEHICLE TRIM AND MOULDING
- Chapter 5 — Vehicle Body Repair Processes
- PART A — REMOVING, REPLACING AND ALIGNING PANELS
- PART B — REPAIR PROCESSES FOR METAL, COMPOSITE AND PLASTIC PANELS
- PART C — SURFACE, FILLERS, SEALERS AND CORROSION
- PART D — GLASS
- PART E — QUALITY, HAZARDOUS WASTE AND SAFETY
- Chapter 6 — Structural Alignment; Paints, Primers, Masking and Demasking
- PART A — STRUCTURAL ALIGNMENT
- PART B — PAINTS AND PRIMERS
- PART C — MASKING AND DEMASKING
- Chapter 7 — Engine Technology and the Cooling System
- PART A — ENGINE TECHNOLOGY
- PART B — THE COOLING SYSTEM
- Chapter 8 — Fuel, Induction and Emissions Systems
- PART A — THE FUEL SYSTEM
- PART B — THE INDUCTION SYSTEM
- PART C — THE EMISSIONS SYSTEM
- Chapter 9 — Drive Train, Suspension, Wheels and Alignment
- PART A — THE DRIVE TRAIN
- PART B — SUSPENSION AND STEERING
- PART C — WHEELS, TYRES AND ALIGNMENT
- Chapter 10 — Brakes and Automotive Climate Control
- PART A — THE BRAKE SYSTEM
- PART B — AUTOMOTIVE CLIMATE CONTROL
- Chapter 11 — Batteries, Wiring, Bus Systems and Body Electrical Systems
- PART A — ELECTRICITY AND THE BATTERY
- PART B — WIRING HARNESSES, BUS SYSTEMS, CONTROL UNITS AND ANTENNAS
- PART C — LIGHTS, WINDOWS, THE FUSE BOX AND CENTRAL LOCKING
- PART D — THE MAIN AUTO-ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS: CHARGING, STARTING AND IGNITION
- Chapter 12 — Supplementary Restraint Systems, Sensors and Cameras
- PART A — SUPPLEMENTARY RESTRAINT SYSTEMS
- PART B — SENSORS AND CAMERAS
- Chapter 13 — Hybrid and Electric Vehicles: Working Safely Around High Voltage
- PART A — THE HYBRID VEHICLE
- PART B — THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE
- PART C — WORKING SAFELY AROUND HIGH VOLTAGE
- Chapter 14 — Vehicle Diagnostics and Fault Finding with a Multimeter
- PART A — VEHICLE DIAGNOSTICS
- PART B — FAULT FINDING WITH A MULTIMETER
- Chapter 15 — Analysis of Damage
- PART A — THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
- PART B — VEHICLE DAMAGE
- PART C — THE DAMAGE ANALYSIS PROCEDURE