Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center
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Short Description
The Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center, in partnership with its sponsoring districts, is to provide a high quality, competency based education to its students who, upon graduation, are able to become responsible citizens, critical thinkers, and successful completers, in a world-wide economy and possess the skills to be life-long learners.
Description
The Auto Body and Collision Repair course offers training in the repair of conventional and unibody vehicles. Students will learn MIG welding, torch operation, plasma cutting, resistance spot welding, panel repair, panel replacement, glass installation, plastic work, and refinishing. A state-of-the-art down draft paint booth is utilized for the practice of spray gun operation and painting techniques including custom paint work. In addition, students are trained in collision damage analysis and unibody straightening by use of the Chief E-Z Liner II system.
