Automotive Body Technician Apprentice

Crash Champions - Norfolk, VA

Full-time - Entry Level

Onsite - Norfolk, VA

501-1,000 employees

Repair and Maintenance

About the position

The Automotive Body Technician Apprentice position at Crash Champions is a full-time role designed for individuals looking to enter the collision repair industry. This hands-on apprenticeship program pairs apprentices with experienced professionals, allowing them to earn while they learn essential skills in vehicle repair. The program offers a structured curriculum and mentorship, preparing participants for a rewarding career with significant earning potential.

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

• 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

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Group Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• 401k Retirement Plan with match
• Referral Bonus (Crash From Crash)
• 5 Paid Holidays