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:
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
