Collision Repair Education Foundation Seeks ‘Back To School’ Donations For High School And College Collision Programs
The Collision Repair Education Foundation is inviting the industry to help ensure high school and college collision instructors have a great start to their fall semester by donating tools, equipment, consumables and other items.
Collision Repair Education Foundation Announces Fall Career Fair Schedule
The Collision Repair Education Foundation is once again partnering with the TechForce Foundation to host high school and college transportation career fair events this fall
TechForce Report Shows Continued Decline in Collision, Auto Tech Program Completions
A new study from TechForce Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on championing and aiding aspiring transportation technicians, indicates the number of new entrant vehicle technicians continues to decline.
Chief Sponsoring Collision Repair Championship At SkillsUSA National Competition
Chief will sponsor the Collision Repair Technology (CRT) Championship at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference for the 32nd year.
Former Lon Baudoux Scholarship Recipient Inspires Future Collision Students
Destiny Potter, the 2016 recipient of the Lon Baudoux Legacy Scholarship from the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF), is using her experience to help inspire students to join the collision repair industry.
CREF Recognizes 163 Schools For ‘Collision School Career Readiness’
The Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) recognized 163 schools with its new designation program called the “Collision School Career Readiness Benchmark.”
Universal Technical Institute To Offer Free Collision Repair Training To High School Juniors This Summer
Offered at each of UTI’s 12 campuses nationwide, the program will consist of a series of three-week courses based on the same curriculum offered in the programs that full-time UTI students complete. Students can choose from collision repair, automotive, diesel or motorcycle training.
CREF Invites Collision Repair Businesses To Sponsor Students’ Work Uniforms
Each local student can be sponsored for $50, which provides the student with a Cintas work shirt and pants. Businesses that sponsor more than 20 uniforms can have their corporate logo featured on a patch on the front of the uniform shirts.
The Collision Centers In Long Island, NY, Highlights Longtime Painter Cesar Estrella
Cesar Estrella, the head painter at the MSO’s Patchogue, NY, store, “has trained multiple people to become painters and has been there to mentor and guide them throughout their career journey,” The Collision Centers says in a Facebook post.
Student Registration Tops 1,000 Mark For First Three Collision Repair Education Foundation Career Fairs Of 2018
For 2018, CREF is partnering with the TechForce Foundation and S/P2 and expanding the career fairs to “transportation students.” Through these partnerships, the events will bring together collision, auto service, heavy-duty and diesel students and will help ensure that attending students have resumes ready for distribution to the participating employers.
