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CARSTAR Colorado Business Group Continues Partnership with Pickens Technical College on Internship Program

April 27, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

The CARSTAR Colorado Business Group is doing its part to invest in the success of collision repair students that are the industry’s future workforce. For more than a decade, the Denver-area CARSTAR store owners and team members, with 11 locations from Colorado Springs to Fort Collins, have provided support and coaching for Pickens Technical College […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: CARSTAR, Colorado, Workforce Development

Collision Repair Education Foundation Connecting Collision Students with Employers

April 9, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

While the pandemic hasn’t allowed the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) the ability to conduct their in-person high school and college transportation student career fair events this school year, CREF has been electronically gathering hundreds of collision student resumes of those who are currently looking for full/part-time employment. The goal is to help address the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Collision Repair Education Foundation, Workforce Development

TechForce Introduces the Peer Network to Advance Careers of Future and Working Transportation Technicians

March 24, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

The TechForce Foundation has introduced a free online platform dedicated to launching and advancing the careers of next generation technicians. As the provider of more than $1.5 million in scholarships annual for post-secondary technician training, TechForce has been dedicated to solving the transportation technician shortage by helping students to and through careers as transportation techs […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: TechForce Foundation, Workforce Development

Interview: Mary Mahoney, Enterprise

March 18, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

In our video interview, Mahoney details the new collision engineering pilot program designed to attract and train the next generation of collision repair technicians. In January, Enterprise Holdings announced the launch of its Automotive Collision Engineering Pilot Program, a collaboration of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation and Ranken Technical College. The program is designed to attract […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Apprentice Program, Enterprise Holdings, Interview, Ranken Technical College, Workforce Development

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

Collision Repair Education Foundation Launches 12 Days of CREF-mas Winter Giving Campaign

December 14, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Melissa Marscin Interview

In our video interview, Melissa Marscin from CREF discusses the challenges schools and students have faced due to the pandemic and how the industry can help develop its future workforce. As the Congress made it easier for individuals to deduct charitable donations in the CARES Act passed to help the nation recover from the pandemic, […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Collision Repair Education Foundation, Donations, Interview, Workforce Development

Sherwin-Williams Partners with Collin College for Collision Repair Training Program

September 11, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Business services experts from the Automotive Finishes division of Sherwin-Williams recently assisted a team from Collin College in Allen, Texas, to build-out the school’s new Automotive Technology program. The school offers Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degrees in Collision Technology as well as certificate programs for metal and refinish technicians. The Sherwin-Williams team worked to […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Career and Technical Education, Sherwin-Williams, Texas, Workforce Development

Carolinas Collision Association Pledges Support for Collision Repair Schools

May 5, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Carolinas Collision Association has pledged to raise $250,000 in in-kind, product donations to support North Carolina and South Carolina high school and college collision repair schools and technical programs over the summer through the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF). These donations, tax-deductible through CREF, include spare parts (fenders, bumper covers, etc), tools, equipment, paint, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Carolinas Collision Association, Collision Repair Education Foundation, Workforce Development

Maryland Insurance Regulator Launches High School Student Apprenticeship Program to Promote Insurance Careers

April 24, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Maryland Insurance Administration announced it is participating in an apprenticeship program designed to attract much-needed talent to the insurance industry. The driving force behind the new program is Invest, which is affiliated with the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (The Big I) and has a mission is to educate, prepare and attract […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Apprentice Program, Maryland, Maryland Insurance Administration, Workforce Development

Fayetteville Tech Collision Repair and Refinish Draft Days March 10-11

March 9, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Fayetteville Technical Community College Draft Days, a hiring event for students nearing graduation from the Collision Repair and Refinishing Technology Program will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. The two-day event gives automotive industry representatives a chance to observe the students performing collision repair operations and processes. The representatives can also interact with […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Fayetteville Technical Community College, North Carolina, Workforce Development

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