Waec Syllabus for Auto Body Repairs
Below is this 2026 Waec Syllabus for Auto Body Repairs. Note that this syllabus is for both internal and external candidates.
Aims and Objectives
No published Aims and Objectives.
Scheme of Examination
There will be three papers, Papers 1, 2 and 3, all of which must be taken. Papers 1 and 2 will be composite papers to be taken at one sitting.
Paper 1: will consist of forty multiple-choice objective questions, all of which are to be answered in 1 hour for 40 marks.
Paper 2: will consist of five essay questions. Candidates will be required to answer any four in 1½ hours for 60 marks.
Paper 3: will be a practical test of 3 hours and 10 minutes in duration. It will consist of one compulsory question for 100 marks.
A list of materials for the test shall be made available to schools not less than two weeks before the paper is taken for material procurement and relevant preparations.
Detailed Auto Body Repairs Syllabus
Safety rules and regulations in Auto body repairs and spray painting.
Tools and Equipment
- Types of hand tools. (hammers, dollies, spanners, files, ratchets, body spoons, etc.) and their uses.
- Types and Uses of power tools and equipment/machines (drilling machine, body jack, sanders, air compressor, shaping machines, cutting machines, etc).
- Advantages and disadvantages of machines.
- Uses of Machines and safety precautions.
- Spray painting tools and equipment (scrapers, brushes, funnels, paint pots, spray guns, spray body filters, air compressors, ovens, spray boots, etc.).
- Definition of maintenance and types: predictive, preventive, and corrective.
- Manufacturer’s maintenance guide.
- Maintenance of tools and equipment.
Materials for auto-body repairs and spray painting
Types of Body Fillers
- plastic filler;
- fibreglass fillers;
- body solder; 30/70 and 40/6
Type of body abrasives e.g. sandpapers, (wet and dry); Sanding disc.
Type of sealers e.g. rubber sealers, seam sealers, undercoating, etc.
Rivet pins e.g. pop and solid rivets.
- Types of paints – Enamel paints and lacquers.
- Undercoats: surface primer, putty/body filler, sealers.
- Top coats: lacquers and enamel paints.
- Manufactures paint guide: paint formula, paint mixing equipment, custom-mix base colours, paint labels, color charts.
Type of metals.
Heat treatment of metals
Oxy-acetylene welding and equipment.
Auto body repair work
Types of auto body
- integral body;
- composite body.
Basic methods of straightening the auto body include aligning the metal with a power jack, pulling the metal with a sledgehammer, using a pre-bar, and pulling the metal with pull taps. Heat-shrinking the metal to bring the metal back to its original shape.
- Tools used in-minor repairs: hammers, hand dollies, spoons, spanners, screwdrivers, etc.
- Major body sections e.g. front engine compartment, passenger section, rear section
- Basic alignment principle
- Quarter panel cutting.
- Lightweight panels.
- Damaged vehicle alignment.
Aluminum panel repair
Plastic repairs
Spray painting
- Spray gun – pressure feed gun siphon and the gravity gun.
- Spray gun parts – air cap, fluid needle, air valve, trigger gun, body, cup, etc.
- Precautions in the use of spray guns.
- Manufacturer’s maintenance guide.
- Preparation of surfaces for spray painting.
- Paints used on auto bodies cellulose synthetic paint, enamel paint, acrylic, metallic paints, etc.
- Importance of manufacturer’s paint code.
- Special paints and their importance.
- Variable agents (flakes and pigments)
- Metallic spray techniques (wet and dry spray).
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