Essential Skills – Profiles
Collision Repair Manager (NOC 621)
Collision Repair Managers plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the operations of automotive repair and maintenance shops/garages or dealership’s collision repair departments. They supervise a team of collision repair technicians, collision repair paint technicians or other staff in the collision repair department or organization and are responsible for managing work load, inventory, and client service.
Collision Repair Managers can work in a variety of settings and the organization they work for might differ in terms of size, number of employees, number of departments within the organization, or type of organization (e.g., dealership, small or medium collision repair shops). One of their main responsibilities is managing the load and the resources for the collision repair department or shop. In some context, Collision Repair Managers’ tasks and responsibilities might overlap the ones performed by Parts Managers or General Managers (in small shops). The examples provided in this profile represent tasks and responsibilities required from Collision Repair Managers taking into consideration this variation in workplace settings.
The most important Essential Skills for Collision Repair Managers are:
- Oral Communication
- Thinking Skills (Problem Solving, Critical Thinking)
- Document Use