Automotive Body Technician Apprentice

About the role

Champions Do More As one of the fastest-growing and most exciting brands in the industry, Crash Champions is the founder-led multi-shop operator (MSO) of high-quality collision repair service in the U.S., operating the growing Crash Champions LUXE | EV Certified brand of highline and luxury EV repair centers. With more than 650 state-of-the-art locations in 38 states, Crash Champions was founded in 1999 as a single Chicago repair center by industry veteran and 2023 EY Entrepreneur of the Year Midwest award winner Matt Ebert. For over 25 years, the vision has been anchored by the belief that delivering superior collision repair service is about People First. Welcome to Crash Champions. We Champion People. 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 toward becoming a collision repair technician – a career field with earning potential up to (and beyond) six figures. No prior collision experience or training is required; experience is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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
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