Apprentice Technician

Champions Do More:

For more information, and to locate a local repair center, visit www.crashchampions.com.

Responsibilities:

The Crash Champions Skills Training Education Program (STEP) is a hands-on apprenticeship that pairs you with experienced professionals. You’ll get paid while fine-tuning your skills and working towards becoming a collision repair technician – a career field with earning potential up to (and beyond) six figures.

• Potential to earn up to six figures and beyond!
• Gradual raises and bonuses throughout the four-level minimum 12-month program
• Mobile App and structured curriculum for real-time progress and interactive competitive learning
• 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

Core 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:

• 18 years of age
• Ability to work full-time, 40 hours a week
• Lift up to 50 pounds
• Ability to stand for long periods of time
• Have a valid driver's license
• 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

Benefits:

• Competitive pay
• Weekly Paychecks/Bonus Pay
• Transfer Between Markets
• 401K with company match, according to plan details
• Medical/Vision/Dental Insurance