ABT 255 Advanced Auto Body

• Apply non-structural skills
  • Repair sheet metal panels
  • Repair plastic and composite panels
  • Tear down and reassemble customer vehicles
• Apply structural skills
  • Disassemble, repair, or replace doors and door glass
  • Rack and anchor a customer vehicle on a frame rack
  • Measure and analyze a customer vehicle
  • Make structural pulls on a frame rack
  • Replace welded-on panels
  • Replace various types of corrosion protection on a customer vehicle
• Apply prep, refinish, and detailing skills
  • Apply primer coats, sealers, base coats, and clear coats
  • Apply solid color, pearls, tri-coats, and metallic paints
  • Apply single stage paints
  • Spray vertical and horizontal surfaces
  • Blend into adjacent panels
  • Mix, match, tint, and measure paint materials
  • Create let-down panels and spray-out cards
  • Use manual and electronic color directories
  • Find color codes on vehicles
• Apply knowledge of estimating systems and shop management techniques
  • Create an electronic estimate
  • Order parts used for repair
  • Interact with sublet relationships, insurance reps, customers, and fellow employees
  • Obtain service and repair information
  • Identify the direct and indirect damage
  • Identify the structural and non-structural damage
• Use other common types of shop equipment and hand tools
• Comply with hazardous material laws and processes
• Apply knowledge of safety laws and common sense safety procedures

• demonstrate advanced collision repair and paint techniques for production purposes