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May 21, 2019 By admin

Top Tech Competition

Goals for this event:

  • Improve employee retention
  • Develop the next generation of mentors
  • Encourage more mentoring within the industry
  • Recognize mentors

Requirements:

  • Must be 18 years of age
  • Must have been enrolled within the last two years, or is currently enrolled, in a collision repair program at a technical high school or college.
  • $200 team fee

Cash Prizes:

  • 1st- $2500 each team member
  • 2nd- $1000 each team member
  • 3rd- $500 each team member
 

2019 Sponsors:

Gerber Collision & Glass logo

 

Competencies to be included in competition:

The following is a list of expected competencies for technicians, based on industry standards. Technicians should be proficient in all of the following:

Basics:

  • Moving and staging vehicles
  • Shop organization and clean up
  • Safety and how to use personal equipment
  • Placement of keys/work orders during repairs

 

Beginning Skills:

  • Damage analysis
  • Supplement writing ,ability to read and understand the manufacturer’s guidelines (AllData)
  • Disassembly and reassembly, part/hardware organization
  • Nut, bolt and clip recognition
  • Ability to inspect work and QC
  • Checking lights, sensors and functions
  • Final vehicle checks
  • How to identify and remedy wind, water and air leaks
  • Electrical testing of circuits and wiring repair
  • Corrosion protection
  • Removing spot welds
  • Draining radiators and discharging ac systems; Vacuum filling radiators and charging ac systems
  • Set up and measure on frame rack and floor pull set up
  • Tram measuring and reading/following manufacturers measurement specifications
  •  Repairing bumpers
  • Sheet metal adjustment and fit
  • Small dings and dents
  • Medium sized metal and filler work, metal shrinking
  • Weld on panel mapping, removal and preparation
  • Resistance welding
  • Plastic welding
  • Plastic repair with epoxy
  •  Introduction to mocking up and fitting weld on outer panels
  •  Demonstrate the ability to replace bedsides and door skins from start to finish (resistance welding only)
  •  Basic knowledge of outer weld on panel joints

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