Within 15 to 20 months, the Automotive Training Center Collision program will teach you how to restore damaged vehicles so they look like new. You will learn about welding, body and frame repair, vehicle restoration, painting and refinishing. This is a hands-on program and you will be able to hone your skills on actual vehicles. As a graduate, you will be qualified to become a collision repair technician, custom painter, restoration technician or even an instructor.
Automotive Training Center
114 Pickering Way
Exton, PA 19341
888-321-8992
autotraining.edu
Although Universal Technical Institute has campuses all over the United States, their Collision Repair and Refinish Technology program is only offered in Sacramento and Houston. The program lasts 51 weeks and covers mechanical and electrical repair, painting, DuPont refinishing and frame alignment. This is hands-on training combined with Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair (I-CAR) curriculum. Graduates may apply for Universal Technical Institute's manufacturers advanced training. This program enables you to receive free training to work on high-end cars like Porsche, BMW and Volvo.
Universal Technical Institute: Sacramento Campus
4100 Duckhorn Drive
Sacramento, CA 95834
800-508-1153
uti.edu
Universal Technical Institute: Houston Campus
721 Lockhaven Drive
Houston, TX 77073
800-510-5072
uti.edu
By the time you graduate from the two-year Automotive Collision Repair and Refinishing program at Dunwoody College of Technology, you will have earned an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree. To get there, the program meets six hours a day, three days a week. You will learn how to pinpoint problems with damaged vehicles and repair them with specialized tools and materials. You will also learn how to fix certain mechanical and electrical problems associated with a collision. During the second quarter summer, you will be required to undertake an internship at an approved service facility and complete a series of hands-on projects.
Dunwoody College of Technology
818 Dunwoody Boulevard
Minneapolis, MN 55403
612-374-5800
dunwoody.edu