Interview with Gavin

Gavin Martin

Last week Gavin came in to talk to Room 10 about his exciting and rare job as a panel beater fabricator/certifier of modified vehicles. During his day Gavin would be cutting rust off cars, preparing them for a paint job and doing safety checks, he also fixes 80-90 year old cars and builds custom guards for them.

He dislikes getting dirty but loves knowing that he has built a car out of pieces for someone to drive. Maths, technical drawing, design and reading are subjects and skills that help in the job. The job suits someone who loves cars. Gavin learnt the skills from his father and was also partly self taught, but these days you need to have qualifications in maths and welding from Polytec.

He said the job is harder to get in to because it is a dying art and you also need an eye for detail and be good with your hands. Gavin also told us that one of his cars has won over 35 national titles.

By Oliva