Skills & Sparks: Education and Training Updates
Skills & Sparks: Education and Training Updates
Toby Chess Helps California Techs Get a Jumpstart on Tools
Chess is donating tools to help apprentices build their necessary tool collections.
Solving the Tech Shortage: Caliber Collision's Technician Apprentice Program Shows Tremendous Growth
Launched in 2022, the training program's unique approach and strong benefits are attracting new techs and reducing turnover.
Solving the Tech Shortage: Body Shop Owners Discuss Mentorship Programs Initiated with Support from Toby Chess
Toby Chess recalls planning a collision repair training day for about 80 high school students in Hawthorne, CA, 25 years ago.
Solving the Tech Shortage: How Conditions, Culture & Compensation Can Help Body Shops Attract & Retain Employees
It wasn’t long ago when businesses looking for new employees put an ad in the newspaper hoping for a response.
Solving the Tech Shortage: Steps to Finding Qualified Employees
From coast to coast, collision repairers are talking about the talent pool shortage facing the industry and what can be done to address what some are calling an impending crisis.
Solving the Tech Shortage: Focusing on Kina’ole: Doing the Right Thing for the Right Reason
Samantha McCauley, a collision repair refinish instructor at Hammond High School in Hammond, IN, said it can be very challenging to acquire the proper tools and equipment needed in her classroom to properly instruct students.
Solving the Tech Shortage: In-Prison Automotive Programs Provide Education & Training for Potential Hires
Terrance Jones didn’t have any automotive experience when he entered Washington State Penitentiary, let alone a skill or trade.
Solving the Tech Shortage: I-CAR is Helping Future Technicians Turn Their Passion for Cars into Lifelong Careers
When Nick Notte speaks to students across the country who are considering a job in the collision repair industry, he often shares his personal experience.
Solving the Tech Shortage: CREF Brings Together Collision Repair Students & Prospective Employers
Just over a decade ago, there were approximately 1,400 high school and college collision repair programs in the United States, according to Brandon Eckenrode, director of development for the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF).
Solving the Tech Shortage: AR Collision Repair Instructor Calls Out to Industry: ‘Please Employ My Students’
Autobody News Invites Your InputIt should come as no surprise to hear that across the country, collision repair shop owners and managers are facing a shared challenge: how and where to find new technicians.
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