Automotive Collision Technology Technician

Automotive Collision Technology Technician (T401300)

This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Transportation, Distribution and Logistics career cluster; the purpose of this program is to prepare students for employment as automotive body related repairers or automobile body repairers.

The content includes, but is not limited to, the following: basic trade skills; refinishing skills; sheet metal repair skills; frame and unibody squaring and aligning; user of fillers; paint systems and undercoats; related welding skills; related mechanical skills; trim-hardware maintenance; glass servicing, and other miscellaneous repairs. The course content should also include training in communication, leadership, human relations and employability skills; and safe, efficient work practices.

This program focuses on broad, transferable skills and stresses understanding and demonstration of the following elements of the Automotive industry; planning, management, finance, technical and product skills, underlying principles of technology, labor issues, community issues, and health, safety and environmental issues.

George Stone Technical Center is a Certified National Automotive Training Education Foundation (NATEF) Center. Upon completion of the program, students are prepared to take the Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) exams for ASE certification.

Program content includes the following courses:

OCPs	Title	Course	Hours
A	Automotive Collision Repair and Refinishing Helper/Assistant	ARR0140	150
B	Automotive Collision Refinishing Technician	ARR0141	450
C	Non-Structural Damage Repair Technician	ARR0312	300
D	Damage Analysis and Estimating	ARR0022	75
E	Automotive Collision Welding, Cutting and Joining	ARR0112	75
F	Structural Damage Repair Technician	ARR0295	350
		Program Length:	1400 Hours

Enrollment

George Stone Technical College has an open-enrollment policy. Provided there is seat availability in the desired class, the student may begin classes on the first Monday of each quarter.

Fall Enrollment Dates	Spring Enrollment Dates
August 10, 2023	January 8, 2024
October 2, 2023	March 4, 2024

Program Times

Status	Times	Frequency
Full Time - Day	8:00AM - 1:30PM	MTWRF
Part Time - Day	8:00AM - 10:30AM	MTWRF
Part Time - Day	11:00AM - 1:30PM	MTWRF
Full Time - Evening	NOT AVAILABLE
Part Time - Evening	NOT AVAILABLE