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Collision Repair Technology – BSCC – Sumiton, AL

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Looking for a collision repair school in Alabama?  We located one for you.  Bevill State Community College offers a certificate to help you pursue a career in collision repair.  Bevill College is a ASE/NATEF accredited college for collision repair offering post-secondary (college level) training.

If you live in Alabama and you’re interested in a collision repair career pathway, you may want to give Bevill college a visit.

Bevill State Community College
101 State Street
Sumiton, AL
Kelvin Brown
(205) 648-3271, Extension 5220

Collision Repair Technology – Lansing Community College – Michigan

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You can see the enthusiasm and passion these auto body repair students have at the Lansing Community College Collision Repair Program.  Therefore, if you live in the state of Michigan, you may consider this school for your collision repair education.

The auto body program at LCC is NATEF accredited and they are a member of  I-CAR Industry Training Alliance.  This will help you feel assured that you will be attending a school that is nationally recognized.  For more information visit:

Lansing Community College

P.O. Box 40010
Lansing, MI 48901-7210
(517) 483-1957
(800) 644-4522

PPG Waterborne Paint – To Be Or Not To Be

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We are in the process of switching to PPG waterborne paint at our collision repair program at Buter Community College.  PPG mentioned switching us out over the summer when no students were here, but we are still waiting and school is going to start soon.  I am sure that they have a plan as they appeared to be excited to switch us to waterborne.  I know that I am!

Why Did Butler Decide To Switch To Waterborne?
After our advisory board advised up to make the switch and our college looking for ways to become more “green” environmental friendly, I decided to attended a class at the PPG training center to learn more about the waterborne paint.  Seeing how well it performed, it was just a matter of getting PPG to switch us out.

Getting Involved With Waterborne
Butler offered a waterborne training workshop  last semester for other instructors to attend in the state of Kansas.  PPG helped out by setting up a waterborne mixing system and demonstrated how to spray the paint.  PPG took all of the paint with them, but they left the mixing shelf behind.  Therefore,  we have one piece of the equipment, so I know they will be back!  I just hope before the students return, which is soon.

Any other shops or schools switching to waterborne out there?  I spoke with the collision repair instructor from Francis Tuttle Technology Center in Oklahoma City several years ago.  He said that they switched and really liked the waterborne paint.  Hopefully, I can tell you more about it in the months to come.

If you have had any experiences, good or bad, we’d like to hear them.  Leave us a comment with your feedback.  Also, be sure to give us a thumbs up on the like button and share us on twitter.

Collision Repair Technology – Riverland Community College – Austin, MN

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Are you looking for a school that offers collision repair technology in the Austin, MN area?  We located a YouTube video of Riverland Community College, which featured their collision repair program.  After watching the video we researched the college and found that it offers post-secondary (college level) classes.  The program is NATEF certified, which is something that you want to look for when considering a collision program to attend.

If you are looking for a college that offers collision repair in Minnesota you may want to explore this program.  For more information visit:

Riverland Community College

1900 Eighth Avenue NW
Austin, MN 55912
507-433-0600

School Is About Ready To Roll at Butler.

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by Donnie Smith

Well, my summer has came to an end as I start teaching student orientation tomorrow.  After two weeks of teaching this class, I have a week of teacher meetings, then back into the full throttle action of our collision repair program at Butler Community College.

Student orientation is a class that helps students become familiar with Butler and how to have the best experience while at Butler.  I teach a class with technical students that are pursuing career training in programs like, collision repair technology, welding and automotive technology.  Our student orientation director thinks that it’s a good idea to put technical students with technical instructors.  This will provide better communication by allowing the instructors to have similar interests and related examples to share with the students.

The reason I am telling this to you is to convey how committed Butler is to providing the best student experience possible.  We’re not about just filling a classroom full with students, we’re about limited class sizes and going the extra mile to provide the best education possible.

I believe that many of the classes are already full for Fall, but there may still be a few openings.  To see what all we have available visit Butlercc.edu

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