- Modifying assembly line vehicles to special requirements
- Manufactures and repairs prototype production units and purpose built vehicle bodies such as buses, trucks, fire engines and caravans
- Installing internal trim in vehicles such as lining, floor coverings and armrests
- Attaching door trims, rubber seals, locks and handles
- Constructing framework sections in metal, wood, fibreglass and other materials using shaping machines and cutting and welding equipment
- Bolting, screwing, riveting and welding sections together to form complete frameworks for vehicles
- Cutting and shaping panels of sheetmetal, aluminium and reinforced plastic and attaching to frameworks using hand and power tools
- Preparing new vehicle trim work according to drawings and sketches, and removing old coverings and fittings from vehicles and taking new measurements
- Selecting and cutting pieces of fabric, vinyl and leather and sewing pieces together using heavy-duty sewing machines
