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Responsibilities

Apprentice Technician STEP Program :

• Potential to earn up to six figures and beyond!
• Gradual raises and bonuses throughout the four-level minimum 12-month program
• Earn points as you learn and build your own tools valued at $8,000
• Full-time employment including benefits, paid time off and sick leave effective on start date
• Hands-on training with an experienced Champion Mentor who will guide you through the program
• Daily instruction that will prepare you for a career in the collision industry
• Mentors that care about you succeeding as much as you do

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

Qualifications

• Ability to work full-time, 40 hours a week
• Lift up to 50 pounds
• Ability to stand for long periods of time and 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

Last updated : 2024-04-28