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Auto Body Estimator (Automotive Body Estimator)

Automotive Body and Related Repairers
Description
Assess collision damage, prepare accurate repair estimates, and coordinate repair plans with customers, insurers, and technicians to restore vehicles to pre-accident condition while adhering to OEM procedures and shop standards.
Knowledge
Business and Management
  • • Customer and Personal Service
Manufacturing and Production
  • • Production and Processing
Engineering and Technology
  • • Mechanical
Mathematics and Science
  • • Mathematics
Skills
Content
  • • Active Listening
  • • Speaking
Process
  • • Critical Thinking
  • • Monitoring
Technical Skills
  • • Operations Monitoring
  • • Troubleshooting
  • • Repairing
  • • Quality Control Analysis
Resource Management Skills
  • • Time Management
Abilities
Verbal Abilities
  • • Oral Comprehension
  • • Written Comprehension
  • • Oral Expression
Idea Generation and Reasoning Abilities
  • • Problem Sensitivity
  • • Information Ordering
  • • Category Flexibility
Perceptual Abilities
  • • Flexibility of Closure
Spatial Abilities
  • • Visualization
Attentiveness
  • • Selective Attention
Fine Manipulative Abilities
  • • Arm-Hand Steadiness
  • • Manual Dexterity
  • • Finger Dexterity
Control Movement Abilities
  • • Control Precision
  • • Multilimb Coordination
Physical Strength Abilities
  • • Static Strength
  • • Trunk Strength
Flexibility, Balance, and Coordination
  • • Extent Flexibility
Visual Abilities
  • • Near Vision
  • • Visual Color Discrimination
Auditory and Speech Abilities
  • • Auditory Attention
  • • Speech Recognition
  • • Speech Clarity
Interview options
Interview options
Interviewee gender
Interviewee accent
Interview time
Related Pathways
Supply Chain & Transportation View
Source
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
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