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AASP-MN Auto Service and Collision Repair Scholarship Applications Open

January 21, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Minnesota (AASP-MN) will be awarding scholarships to select students enrolled in post-secondary auto service or collision repair programs. Scholarship awards will be $1,000 per student and can be applied towards tuition or tool purchases. Recipients must be entering their first or second year of an ASE-accredited automotive program […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AASP-MN, Career and Technical Education, Minnesota, Scholarships, Workforce Development

LKQ Parts Donation Benefits Collision Repair School in Southwestern New York State

December 9, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

LKQ Donates Parts to CA BOCES

Students in the Collision Repair and Auto Body Technology programs at CA BOCES in Belmont, Ellicottville, and Olean, N.Y. recently benefitted from a donation from LKQ Corporation. Several times a year, the LKQ location in Cheektowaga donates outer body panels and various automotive parts that are delivered to CA BOCES centers for student hands-on learning […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Career and Technical Education, Donations, LKQ Corporation, New York State

Tradiebot Pilots Virtual Collision Repair and Refinish Skills Training VR Console in Australia

December 9, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Tradiebot has teamed up with the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Education in Australia and key collision repair industry partners to launch Ready, Tradie Go!, a digital skills high school program designed to engage the next generation of automotive apprentices using the latest Virtual Reality (VR) technology and a mobile app developed by the Australian […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 3M, Apprentice Program, Australia, Axalta Coating Systems, Career and Technical Education, Technical Training, Tradiebot Industries, Virtual Reality

Service King Partners with Collin College to Support Collision Repair Training Program

December 4, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Service King Collision announced it has teamed up with the Collin College Technical Campus in Allen, Texas to provide ongoing support for the school’s Collision Technology Program. Service King in partnership with the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF), the nonprofit that focuses on pre-employment and preparing the next generation of auto body technicians, began helping […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Career and Technical Education, Collision Repair Education Foundation, Service King Collision Repair Centers, Texas

Collision Repair Education Foundation Seeks Sponsors for Student Uniforms

October 30, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) is seeking industry sponsorship for high school and college collision repair school programs nationwide to provide students with work uniforms. Instructors that have received these uniforms for their students in the past have shared that their students feel a new sense of pride and professionalism when wearing them. Collision […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Career and Technical Education, Collision Repair Education Foundation

Skills/Compétences Canada’s Collision Repair Program and Car-o-Liner Announce Post-Secondary School Giveaway

October 22, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Skills Canada Collision

Skills/Compétences Canada announced that through the work of our Skills Canada Collision Repair Program, Car-O-Liner has generously donated a CTR7 Spot Welder to be awarded to a post-secondary college, polytechnic or technical institute in Canada. The Skills Canada Collision Repair Program and Skills Canada will manage the application and selection process. One post-secondary school with […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Canada, Car-O-Liner, Career and Technical Education, Skills/Compétences Canada

Collision Repair Education Foundation Partners with 90 I-CAR Volunteer Committees on Fundraiser

October 15, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

CREF Collision Cup

Winter virtual golf fundraiser, sponsored by PPG, will benefit local collision repair school programs. To raise additional support for high school and college collision school programs, the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) will be collaborating with 90 I-CAR Volunteer Committee groups nationwide on a winter virtual golf fundraiser, exclusively sponsored by PPG Automotive. More information […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Career and Technical Education, Collision Repair Education Foundation, Fundraiser, PPG Industries

Axalta Extends Free Online Curriculum Offering to All Vocational Schools

October 8, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Axalta (NYSE: AXTA) today announced that its online refinish curriculum is available to all vocational schools at no charge. This offering, which originally began as a pilot program with just a few vocational schools, is being extended to support all vocational schools in North America and their students, specifically at a time when distance learning […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Axalta Coating Systems, Career and Technical Education

Axalta Partners with Korea Polytechnics Gangneung Campus on Refinish Training

October 1, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Axalta (NYSE: AXTA) and Korea Polytechnics Gangneung Campus signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to offer automotive refinish coating education to college students and Axalta customers in Korea. As part of the partnership, Axalta and Korea Polytechnics will jointly provide refinish training programs to increase the number of skilled refinish talent in the region. As […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agreements Signed, Axalta Coating Systems, Career and Technical Education, Korea, training

Collision Repair Education Foundation Thanks Insurance Industry for Support of Critical Resources to Schools Impacted by COVID-19

September 15, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) publicly thanked the insurance industry for rallying behind it during a time when raising funds is extremely difficult. Six extremely generous insurance organizations have stepped in to offer their support, donating funds that can help CREF make good on its mission of connecting the next generation of collision repairers […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Allstate, Career and Technical Education, Collision Repair Education Foundation, Donations, Erie Insurance, Farmers Insurance, GEICO, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Nationwide Insurance, State Farm, USAA

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