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Collision Repair Training

WyoTech

The WyoTech Collision Refinishing program trains you to become an professional collision/refinishing technician. Learn from master collision/refinishing technicians in the classroom, and then put your knowledge to work in the shop. Learn advanced techniques in metalworking, painting, detailing and more.

Students in the collision refinishing program can choose to specialize in one of the following:

• Applied Service Management
  Applied Service Management is a great specialty concentration for anyone interested in eventually managing or running their own shop. You'll learn vital concepts for service management like:

  * Business Principles
  * Shop Management
  * Accounting
  * Financial Management
  * Computers and Business Applications
  * Communications

  You'll also learn the theory on setting up your own shop, record keeping, OHSA standards and regulations, service writing, job costing, pricing, marketing, developing business plans, budgeting, finding lenders and investors, and so much more.
  These business skills you'll learn are transferable to so many different career paths within the automotive or diesel industries.

• Street Rod and Custom Fabrication
  In our street rod and custom fabrication course, you will learn the techniques used to customize vehicles and create works of art. You will learn basic specialized sheet metal fabrication techniques as applied to customizing vehicles.

  These techniques will include the use of basic hand tools and specialized equipment like the english wheel, power hammer, planishing hammer, bead roller and louver press. Our custom paint training will cover the application of specialized finishes like pearls and candies. Techniques will be taught for special effects including the layout and design of graphics.
  Course Objectives

  * Custom and specialized sheet metal shaping and fabrication
  * Application of lead (body solder)
  * M.I.G., T.I.G. and Oxy-Acetylene welding
  * Chop tops including carson style tops
  * Hidden pin hinges (Suicide Doors)
  * Body Construction including Firewalls, Floorboards and Transmission tunnels
  * Custom paint techniques including special effects, airbrushing and pin striping

• Motorsports Chassis Fabrication
  The Motorsports Chassis Fabrication specialty course introduces students to metal working techniques that apply to specialty automotive chassis fabrication work.

  This includes a study of metal types and configurations, measuring, pattern and outline development, mechanical drawing reading and development, attachment methods, metal finishing, cutting, MIG and TIG welding; frame design and modifications including boxing, tubular cross-members, c-notching, pro-street frame setup, roll cage construction, and complete tube chassis fabrication.
  Course Objectives

  * Lay out cut marks on material in preparation for cutting, drilling or machining
  * Develop and use common specialty automotive patterns
  * Read and draw basic specialty automotive related mechanical drawings
  * Perform various cutting procedures, including use of oxy-acetylene and plasma
  * Operate various grinders and sanders
  * Demonstrate MIG and TIG welding processes, procedures, equipment, minor maintenance and safety
  * Recognize the frame designs used in the specialty automotive industry
  * Demonstrate the care and usage of common precision measuring instruments used in metal fabrication and machining
  * Operate manual machine tools (engine lathe and vertical mill) for component fabrication

• Trim & Upholstery
  Theory in discrimination and harassment, trim and upholstery terminology, trim panels, headliners, headrests and armrests, shop organization and customer relations. Theory and lab in trim and upholstery tools of the trade, supplies, operation, safety and maintenance of sewing machines, analysis of seam types, layout with existing patterns and constructing patterns where non exist, sewing various insert designs, seats construction and reconstruction, interior trim identification, estimating jobs and job materials, and buttons

WyoTech offers six campuses in five states and have teamed up with some of the most reputable companies in the industry to ensure that you get the skills you need to begin the career you've always wanted.

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