Auto Body Tech Apprentice: Paid Training & Six-Figure Path

Crash Champions; Frederick (MD); Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid apprenticeship

Full-time with benefits

I-CAR Weld certification

Competitive wages

Job summary

Crash Champions is offering the Skills Training Education Program (STEP), a paid apprenticeship that pairs you with experienced collision repair technicians. You’ll train on-the-job toward becoming a collision repair technician, with the potential to earn up to six figures as you progress.

No prior collision experience is required. This full-time role includes benefits from day one, with hands-on training in repair planning, disassembly/reassembly, dent and bumper work, welding basics, and the

Qualifications

• 18 years of age
• Full-time, 40 hours per week
• Lift up to 50 pounds
• Ability to stand for long periods
• Have a valid driver’s license
• Ability to read and understand a work order
• High School Diploma/ GED preferred

Responsibilities

• Learn the industry standard of the manufacturer’s original specification with high quality controls
• Create a complete repair plan, vehicle disassembly and reassembly, plastic bumper repair, and minor panel dent repair
• Repair more complex dents by reshaping sheet metal, application of body filler, and advancing to two-sided plastic repair, larger panel damage
• Learn the basics of structural damage identification and how to access repair procedures
• Properly set-up and anchor structural repairs, as well as three-dimensional measuring of the vehicle structure
• Learn the various methods of welding/joining materials and tools
• Fine tune body filler and metal repairs, with the addition of stud-gun and other metal straightening tools and techniques, cutting and replacing small structural components
• Proper set-up and techniques for MIG welding on steel vehicles, to complete the I-CAR Weld Certification

Skills

18 years old

Full-time 40 hours

Lift 50 pounds

Stand long periods

Valid driver's license

Read work order

Communication

Education

High School Diploma/GED preferred

Job description

Crash Champions is offering the Skills Training Education Program (STEP), a paid apprenticeship that pairs you with experienced collision repair technicians. You’ll train on-the-job toward becoming a collision repair technician, with the potential to earn up to six figures as you progress.

No prior collision experience is required. This full-time role includes benefits from day one, with hands-on training in repair planning, disassembly/reassembly, dent and bumper work, welding basics, and the