Collision Repair Apprentice — Earn While You Learn

Crash-Champions-Collision-Repair-Team-1; Redmond (WA); 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 offers the STEP apprenticeship to become a collision repair technician. You’ll be paid while you learn, with mentors guiding you toward a trade that can reach six figures. No prior collision experience needed, though any experience is a plus.

Full-time employment includes benefits, paid time off, and sick leave starting on day one. You’ll work with a Champion Mentor and receive daily instruction to build real-world skills in collision repair.

Qualifications

• 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.
• 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.

Skills

Age requirement

Full-time availability

Physical ability

Driver’s license

Communication skills

Reading work orders

GED preferred

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Job description

Crash Champions offers the STEP apprenticeship to become a collision repair technician. You’ll be paid while you learn, with mentors guiding you toward a trade that can reach six figures. No prior collision experience needed, though any experience is a plus.

Full-time employment includes benefits, paid time off, and sick leave starting on day one. You’ll work with a Champion Mentor and receive daily instruction to build real-world skills in collision repair.