Solving the Auto Body Tech Shortage
Channel: BodyShop Business
Date: 05/05/2022

In the lastest episode of BodyShop Business: The Podcast, Jason Stahl and Brandon Eckenrode, managing director of the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF), discuss the technician shortage. Topics they discuss include: why is there a technician shortage in the collision repair industry; what is CREF’s role in helping relieve some of the stress on shops that the technician shortage has created; did COVID have an impact on collision repair instruction at schools; what role can collision repairers play in making sure quality students are coming out of their local schools; what opportunities does rapidly advancing vehicle technology give the industry to attract new talent?