Collision Repair Technician Apprentice: Earn While You Learn

Crash Champions; Akron, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Group Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401k with match

Referral Bonus

Paid holidays

Job summary

Crash Champions in Akron, OH offers the Crash Champions Skills Training Education Program (STEP), a hands-on apprenticeship pairing you with experienced professionals. You’ll get paid while training to become a collision repair technician, a career with earning potential up to six figures.

No collision experience is required initially; experience is a bonus but not required. This full-time role includes benefits, paid time off, and a mentor-guided path into the collision repair field.

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

Physical stamina

Full-time availability

Lifting ability

Driver's license

Communication skills

Reading work orders

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Tools

MIG welding

Body repair tools

Job description

Crash Champions in Akron, OH offers the Crash Champions Skills Training Education Program (STEP), a hands-on apprenticeship pairing you with experienced professionals. You’ll get paid while training to become a collision repair technician, a career with earning potential up to six figures.

No collision experience is required initially; experience is a bonus but not required. This full-time role includes benefits, paid time off, and a mentor-guided path into the collision repair field.