Why Automotive Painting and Body Technician Training Could Fit You

Why Automotive Painting and Body Technician Training Could Fit You

You don’t need to be an artist to be a great automotive painting and body technician. But if the following points describe you, then automotive training programs could be the right route for you!

YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A HANDS-ON CAREER

You can’t get more hands-on than automotive training programs. All of the courses to become an auto painting and body tech involve hands-on training to develop the essential experience needed to enter the profession. Learning how to paint a car will involve training in a wide variety of areas. You can expect learning things like:

  • automotive refinishing prep tools and shop procedures
  • surface preparation
  • repairing small dents in cars
  • priming
  • the refinishing of plastic car parts
  • masking procedures
  • introduction to the refinishing procedures involved
  • the tools and equipment used in the profession
  • learning the welding technology used
  • sheet metal repair
  • learning the technology involved in vehicle construction and plastic
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Car Theme Party Ideas for New Grads of Automotive Schools

Car Theme Party Ideas for New Grads of Automotive Schools

Graduation day is upon you. Soon, you will be forced to separate from all the wonderful people you have met on your auto mechanic course. Automotive schools can help mark this bittersweet transition by hosting a party for new graduates, before they disperse into the big wide world of life after automotive technician training. Suggested theme: cars.

Music for Auto Training Schools Graduation Parties

There are so many songs – new and old – about cars. Have fun with your choices. Hire a DJ or ask a student volunteer to draft a car-themed playlist.

Some ideas of songs for a brand new auto mechanic: ‘Course, you’ll have your own suggestions.

  • Anything by Mike and the Mechanics
  • Melancholy Mechanics by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Riding In My Car by Woody Guthrie
  • Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car by Billy Ocean
  • Behind the Wheel by Depeche Mode
  • Mustang Sally,
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