The Auto Body Repair Technician program is a two-year offering that will open the doors to a career in the auto body industry and could lead to a managerial position or to successfully operating your own business.
Graduates will receive an Auto Body Repair Diploma and will be credited with Levels 1 and 2 of the Ontario Auto Body and Collision Damage Repairer (310B) Apprenticeship in school training. You apply for this Prior Learning Acknowledgement Recognition (PLAR) through your Ministry Training Consultant once you become a registered Apprentice.
Among covered topics will be:
- Personal and shop safety
- Vehicle and body construction
- Detailing and refinishing equipment maintenance
- Applied mechanical systems
- Mathematics
- Communication
- Trade tools and shop equipment
- Non-structural repair fundamentals
- Refinishing surface preparation
- Oxyacetylene and gas metal arc welding
- Plastic repair and refinishing
- Non-structural panel repair and measuring
- Automotive glass and safety devices
- Non-structural panel replacement
- Refinishing top coat application
You'll spend approximately 40 per cent of your schedule gaining hands-on practice in a spacious and well laid out state-of-the-art auto body lab outfitted with new equipment. In this lab, you'll learn from faculty members with years of industry experience who are committed to seeing you succeed and to helping you maximize your skills.
As a Graduate, in two years you will have earned an Ontario College Diploma and the first two levels of in-class education in the Auto Body and Collision Damage Repair Apprenticeship. You will then be ready to start your journey as a registered Apprentice, which will prepare you to return to school for your level 3 on a traditional apprenticeship.
Program Highlights
- Thanks to an active Program Advisory Committee (PAC), which meets twice a year to provide insight on current industry developments and practices, this School of Transportation program is industry-driven.
- You'll develop your knowledge and skills while gaining customer relation skills and real-world experience as you practice on actual customers' vehicles.
- The skills with which you'll be prepared will include: detailing and buffing, welding on non-coated and coated metals using oxyacetylene and MIG equipment, vehicle body and frame repair, refinishing procedures on various substrates, removing, diagnosing and installing various mechanical systems; measuring using computerized laser and non-computerized mechanical systems, plastic welding, repairing and refinishing various types of plastics, removing and installing automotive glass, removing, diagnosing and installing safety devices such as adaptive cruise control, lane departure and air bags; and office administration duties and responsibilities.
Career Outlook
- Licensed Auto Body and Collision Damage Repairer
- Shop Foreman
- Auto Body Shop Manager
- Automotive Detailer
- Damage Repair Appraiser
- Insurance Estimator
Education Pathways
Successful graduates of the Auto Body Repair Technician Diploma program have the opportunity to apply their credits toward further study at the degree level. Listed below are the degrees from partnering institutions that are available for this program.
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