The Collision Engineering Career Alliance announced a partnership with OEConnection LLC (OEC) to provide repair planning software to students at seven partner colleges. The partnership will give students and instructors access to RepairLogic, OEC’s repair planning platform that provides technicians with original equipment manufacturer repair procedures. OEC will donate software licenses and training to participating […]
Collision Engineering Career Alliance Expands to El Camino College
The Collision Engineering Career Alliance will launch its collision repair training program at El Camino College in Torrance, Calif., in August 2026, marking the organization’s second school partnership in the state. The two-year associate degree program uses a hybrid model in which students alternate every eight weeks between classroom instruction and paid apprenticeships at collision […]
Collision Engineering Program Expands to North Dakota
The Collision Engineering Career Alliance has partnered with North Dakota State College of Science (NDSCS) in Wahpeton, N.D. to launch its collision repair training program in the Northern Plains region. NDSCS in Wahpeton will begin offering the program this fall through its existing Auto Body Repair and Refinishing Technology program. The two-year associate degree uses […]
CSAA Insurance Group and G&C Auto Body Support California Collision Engineering Career Alliance School
CSAA Insurance Group donated $25,000 and two salvage vehicles to the Collision Engineering Career Alliance program at Contra Costa College in San Pablo, California, the alliance announced Tuesday. The donation will fund educational resources and hands-on training for students in the collision repair program. The alliance said the contribution addresses workforce shortages in the collision […]
Liberty Mutual Insurance Donates $25,000 to Collision Engineering Career Alliance
Funding will support recruitment, program expansion and students. Liberty Mutual Insurance has donated $25,000 to the Collision Engineering Career Alliance to support training programs for collision repair technicians at six schools nationwide. The donation will help address a projected shortage of collision repair workers, with more than 100,000 job openings expected through 2028, according to […]
Nonprofit Collision Engineering Career Alliance Launches to Expand Collision Repair Technician Training
The Collision Engineering program, introduced in 2021 as a pilot initiative, has evolved into the Collision Engineering Career Alliance, a nonprofit organization focused on addressing the ongoing shortage of skilled collision repair technicians. Originally launched by the Enterprise Mobility Foundation and Ranken Technical College in St. Louis, the program began at four schools across the […]