Class Goals: To gain knowledge and understanding of the systems, tools, processes, and materials used to repair damaged vehicles to showroom condition.

As a young professional you will be learning about:

• Auto shop safety
• Unibody and frame design
• Unibody and frame measurement
• Vehicle straightening systems for frames
• MIG welding
• Base coat/clear coat painting systems
• Shop Organization
• Basic estimating skills

This program will prepare you to pursue the following career opportunities:

• Auto body & Frame Technician
• Auto Painter/Refinisher Estimator
• Auto Restoration Specialist
• Auto Parts Specialist
• Body Shop Owner or Manager

Teacher - Harold Smith

• Smith’s Implements John Deere, Mercersburg PA 1976-1978
• New machinery set-up and paint repair
• Bob Hoffman Chevrolet body shop, Mercersburg PA 1978-1982
• Collision repairs, restoration, frame repair and painting, shop and office manager
• Myers Body Shop, Hagerstown MD 1986-1991, collision repair, painting on semi-trucks, UPS trucks and frame technician estimating
• I-CAR certified since 1989
• ASE Master Certified in five areas
• Washington County Technical High School collision repair teacher since 2000
• Over thirty years experience in the field of painting and collision repair