Offered at the Advanced Career Education Center at Highland Springs

ACE Center at Highland Springs instructor: Graham Robinson

Virginia course title: Auto Body Technology I, Auto Body Technology II

Auto Body Repair I: This first-year course provides training in all phases of automotive body repair. The course stresses techniques and methods used in repairing the many types of minor damage to automobiles and trucks. Students learn the skills involved in the safe use of hand tools, power tools, welding equipment, and refinishing equipment.

Auto Body Repair II: The second-year course provides additional experience in the repair of major types of damage. Second-year students evaluate damage to vehicles, calculate material and labor costs, and complete more complicated repairs to assigned vehicles. Students are more involved with custom paint work and with the finished products.

Students have the opportunity to become ASE-certified in one or all of these areas after passing each certification test:

• Painting and Refinishing

• Non-Structural Analysis and Damage Repair

• Structural Analysis and Damage Repair

• Mechanical and Electrical Components

• Workplace-Readiness

For questions, please contact the pre-engineering and industrial careers, agricultural education and JROTC specialist on their page.

Please see your counselor or instructor if you have questions. Click here for more information on this program.

For U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics, click here.

In this episode, we talk with Jake Duffee, General Manager at Caliber Collision in Glen Allen. Caliber is listed in the country's top 20 body shop companies and has many locations all over the Richmond area. Jake talks to us about the industry and how they set the standard when it comes to hiring and training their employees. Careers in the auto body industry have changed so much in the past 20 years for the better, and this is a great interview to listen to if you are considering a career in the industry.