Automotive Collision Repair Technology

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Overview

Love cars and want to make fixing them your career? Bellingham Technical College’s Automotive Collision Repair Technology program will give you training for a career as an automotive collision repair technician, automotive glass specialist, painter, or auto body repair shop manager. BTC’s automotive classes will train you for all aspects of automotive repair using the latest technological processes and equipment in our full-service shop. Your training will include trade-specific skills, such as how to repair and refinish damaged vehicles.

BTC’s Auto Collision Repair program will train you with hands-on instruction that will earn you top jobs with employers such as independent automotive repair shops, car detailing shops, automotive manufacturers, automotive recyclers, and more.

The Auto Collision Repair Technology program is an I-CAR Industry Training Alliance member.

Program Outcomes

After successfully completing this program, students will be able to:

• Use basic industry tools, equipment and hazardous materials safely.
• Diagnose and repair basic non-structural auto body damage to I-CAR standards.
• Assess damaged vehicles and perform structural auto body repairs to I-CAR standards.
• Diagnose and repair various types of plastic and composites used in the automotive industry.
• Refinish various substrates to pre-accident condition.
• Produce Aluminum GMAW welds to I-CAR standards.
• Produce Steel GMAW welds to I-CAR standards.

^{Placement Requirements}

ACCUPLACER Reading (247) or higher OR RDG 085 with a C or higher and

ACCUPLACER Writing (245) or higher OR ENGL 092 with a C or higher and

ACCUPLACER Arithmetic (230) or higher OR ABE 050 with a C or higher.

Additional Requirements

• A driver’s license is not required to enroll in the program.
• Driving citations will not restrict or prevent students from enrolling in the Automotive Collision Repair Technology Program; however, citations may prevent some internship and/or employment opportunities.

Minimum Grade Requirements

Automotive Collision Repair Technology Degree completion requires a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher with a minimum grade of D/1.0  in program courses. General education courses require a minimum grade of D/1.0.

Programs

• Automotive Collision Repair Technology, AAS

• Automotive Collision Repair Technology, AAS-T

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