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Crash Champions - Gaithersburg, MD
posted 3 months ago
Full-time - Entry Level
Onsite - Gaithersburg, MD
501-1,000 employees
Repair and Maintenance
About the position
The Crash Champions Skills Training Education Program (STEP) is a hands-on apprenticeship designed to train individuals to become collision repair technicians. Participants will receive paid training while learning essential skills in a structured environment, with the potential to earn a significant income in the collision repair industry.
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.
Requirements
- Must be 18 years of age.
- Ability to work full-time, 40 hours a week.
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
- Ability to stand for long periods of time.
- Must have a valid driver's license.
- Ability to effectively communicate and take direction from superiors.
- Ability to read and understand a work order.
- High School Diploma/GED preferred.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience in collision repair (not required but a bonus).
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Weekly Paychecks/Bonus Pay
- Transfer Between Markets
- 401K with company match, according to plan details
- Medical/Vision/Dental Insurance
