Automotive Body Tech Apprentice – Earn While You Grow

Crash Champions; West Bend (WI); On-site; USD 25,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Group Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401k Retirement Plan with match

Referral Bonus

5 Paid Holidays

Job summary

Crash Champions invites you to join the Hands-on Skills Training Education Program (STEP), where you’ll be paired with seasoned professionals and paid as you train toward becoming a collision repair technician. No prior collision experience is required, and experience is a bonus.

You’ll be guided by a Champion Mentor, receive structured curriculum, and work toward earning industry-recognized certifications while building your career in a fast-growing MSO with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Must be at least 18 years old.
• Must be able to work full-time, 40 hours per week.
• Lift up to 50 pounds.
• Able to stand for long periods.
• Have a valid driver's license.
• 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 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.

Job description

Crash Champions invites you to join the Hands-on Skills Training Education Program (STEP), where you’ll be paired with seasoned professionals and paid as you train toward becoming a collision repair technician. No prior collision experience is required, and experience is a bonus.

You’ll be guided by a Champion Mentor, receive structured curriculum, and work toward earning industry-recognized certifications while building your career in a fast-growing MSO with comprehensive benefits.