Auto Body Repair Technician

Your New Career
As an Auto Body Repair Technician, you'll enjoy the creativity of working with cars - painting, making repairs, and adding detailing. Most of all, you'll have the satisfaction that goes along with doing an important job, and doing it well. Work for a car dealership, an auto body shop, or even start your own business and be your own boss - whatever career path you choose, you'll have the skills for the job. 

• Earn your Career Diploma at home in as little as six months by studying just an hour a day for your new career.
• Learn the latest techniques and standards of the auto body repair business.

With millions of cars and trucks on the road, Auto Body Repair Technicians are almost always in demand and can command top dollar for their services. Job opportunities for Auto Body Repair Technicians are projected to increase by nearly 12% through 2016.* Most employers prefer hiring technicians with specialized training, so this might just be the time for you to get in on this profitable and rewarding field.

Your New Skills
You'll learn every important part of being an Auto Body Repair Technician.

• You'll learn the important skills Auto Body Repair Technicians use on the job every day.
• You'll learn to diagnose and repair damage.
• You'll learn about air compressors, welding, and sheet metal repairs.
• You'll learn how to use power tools and hand tools.
• You'll learn how to work with plastic, mechanical, electrical, and electronic components, and much more.

*Growth figures represent a ten-year period ending 2016. Source: "National Industry-Occupation Employment Matrix," a publication of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.