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Collision Repair Program

Overview

Collision Repair Technology provides training using current technology and quipment. Instruction includes basic panel repair, structural analysis and damage repair, welding and cutting, refinishing, detailing, and estimating. The Collision Repair Program is ASE Certified. Content standards are based on National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF) and Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) standards.

All programs at the Etowah County Career Tech Center are business/industry certified by the Alabama State Department of Education or by private certifying agencies. The trade and industry programs have articulation agreements with all community colleges in Alabama, in which program completers may receive free college credit toward a degree for skills they learned in high school. Many program completers receive scholarships to colleges or technical institutes for continued training.

Courses

Collision Repair Technology Courses

570004 Transportation, Distribution and Logistics 570030 Painting and Refinishing I 570031 Painting and Refinishing II 570032 Painting and Refinishing III 570033 Nonstructural Analysis and Damage Repair I 570034 Nonstructural Analysis and Damage Repair II 570035 Structural Analysis and Damage Repair I 570036 Mechanical and Electrical Component I 570037 Mechanical and Electrical Component II 570038 Collision Repair Metal Welding/Cutting

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