Automotive Body Technician Apprentice

As one of the fastest-growing and most exciting brands in the industry, Crash Champions is the largest founder-led multi-shop operator (MSO) of high-quality collision repair service in the U.S. The company also operates the growing Crash Champions LUXE | EV Certified brand of highline and luxury EV repair centers, servicing customers at more than 650 state-of-the-art locations in 38 states across the U.S.

About the role

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 towards 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.

• Potential to earn up to six figures and beyond
• 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 your success

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 and 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, including the use 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 (“Cash From Crash”)
• 5 Paid Holidays

Pay

Posted pay rate: USD $18.00–$21.00 per hour.