Re: Auto body spray painters jobs in Ireland
It's not a trade that's on the way out, it has just moved from the main dealers and away from city centre locations due to property premium and parking.
It is considered a high-risk on the insurance front, as there is the explosive nature of materials coupled with the cellulose and health risks.
Most dealers do not supply the service, but instead pass on their work. Quite alot are home based, countryside businesses, as they are able to survive due to the removal of rental overheads.
In the West it is a "closed-shop". Names and faces are known. He would be unlikely to get work "on the books", as it increases the insurance costs dramatically.
Would he consider, that with his knowledge and skills, he could get a small workshop/garage without the spraybooth and expensive equipment, and get in to the puchase-do-up-and resale type of business?
There are alot of cars for sale, both North and South that are presented very badly (scratches, dents etc.), can be purchased at a good cost if one knows the trade and brought up to presentable condition for resale.