Kickstart your career in automotive with Tesla’s 2027 Apprentice Body Repair Technician (Panel Beater)
program!
This 3-year Apprenticeship Program is your opportunity to gain hands-on experience through full-time
work in our Body Repair Centres, while simultaneously studying to obtain a nationally recognised
qualification (Certificate III in Automotive Body Repair Technology).
At Tesla, you’ll work in a high tech, fast-paced environment with supportive management, mentorship and guidance from our expert Tesla Body Repair Technicians.
This apprenticeship will equip you with the skills and experience required to repair, replace and refit nonstructural vehicle panels that have been damaged as a result of a collision. For those who seek further
career advancement opportunities, there is an option to include structural repair qualifications and
experience within their apprenticeship.
This program is a pathway to becoming a fully qualified Body Repair Technician (Panel Beater). If you’re
passionate about automotive, this is your chance to start your career in a company which values your
potential and future progression.
Reviewing Applications: August – September 2026
Apprenticeship Start: late January 2027
Tesla is accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable abundance. To achieve our mission, we're building a world powered by solar, enabled by battery storage and transported by electric vehicles.
We’re committed to hiring and developing top talent from around the world for any given discipline. Headquartered in Texas, we operate six huge, vertically integrated factories across three continents. With over 100,000 employees, our teams take a first-principles approach to designing, building, selling and servicing our products in-house.
Our world-class teams operate with a non-conventional philosophy of inter-disciplinary collaboration. Each member of the team is expected to challenge and to be challenged, to create, and to innovate. We’re tackling the world’s most difficult and important problems—and we wouldn’t succeed without our shared passion for making the world a better place.
