Students will prepare themselves for industry by learning how to write a resume and create a portfolio. Collision repairers usually work by themselves indoors. They usually work in automotive repair shops, automobile and truck dealerships specializing in body repairs and painting, insurance companies, or are self-employed. As technology advances, so does the requirement for qualified technicians. Most of the work is strenuous noisy, and dirty.
Most shops are well ventilated to aide in the exhaust of paint and dust fumes.
Self-satisfaction is the reward received when a job is successfully completed. Upon completion of the collision repair technology program, students should have the qualifications to continue their education or start a career as an entry-level technician in a collision repair shop, assembly plant, trucking company, or their own repair shop. As a skilled repairer, opportunities are available as an insurance adjusting estimator, specialty painter, structural damage technician, collision repair estimator, or metal shop operator. About one out of six collision repairers are self-employed. This program also prepares students for post-secondary education in collision repair technology.