Collision Repair Apprentice: Earn While You Learn

Crash-Champions-Collision-Repair-Team-1; North Springfield (OH); 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 is seeking motivated individuals for its STEP apprenticeship to become collision repair technicians. You’ll get paid while you learn, paired with an experienced Champion Mentor guiding you through hands-on training and a path toward earning potential up to six figures.

No prior collision experience is required; a valid driver’s license helps you start full-time with benefits from day one in a fast-growing MSO.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years or older.
• Full-time, 40 hours per week.
• Lift up to 50 pounds.
• Stand for long periods.
• Have a valid driver's license.
• Read and understand a work order.
• HS 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.

Skills

Communication

Physical stamina

Reading orders

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Crash Champions is seeking motivated individuals for its STEP apprenticeship to become collision repair technicians. You’ll get paid while you learn, paired with an experienced Champion Mentor guiding you through hands-on training and a path toward earning potential up to six figures.

No prior collision experience is required; a valid driver’s license helps you start full-time with benefits from day one in a fast-growing MSO.