Automotive Body Apprentice — Paid Training & Benefits

Crash Champions; Lyons Township (IL); Presencial; USD 25.000 - 29.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Group Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401k Retirement Plan with match

Referral Bonus

5 Paid Holidays

Descripción de la vacante

Crash Champions in Lyons Township, IL is offering a hands-on apprenticeship through the STEP program. You’ll be paid while you learn from experienced pros and work toward becoming a collision repair technician, with earning potential up to six figures.

No prior collision experience is required; experience is a bonus. This full-time role includes benefits and a mentor who guides you through a structured curriculum and real-time progress tracking.

Formación

• 18 years of age.
• Ability to work full-time, 40 hours a week.
• Lift up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to stand for long periods of time.
• Have a valid driver's license.
• Regularly position or move self to fix and repair over and under vehicles.
• Ability to effectively communicate and take direction from superiors.
• Ability to read and understand a work order.

Responsabilidades

• 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 working and 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.

Educación

High School Diploma / GED

Descripción del empleo

Crash Champions in Lyons Township, IL is offering a hands-on apprenticeship through the STEP program. You’ll be paid while you learn from experienced pros and work toward becoming a collision repair technician, with earning potential up to six figures.

No prior collision experience is required; experience is a bonus. This full-time role includes benefits and a mentor who guides you through a structured curriculum and real-time progress tracking.