Auto Body and Collision Technician Foundation

Auto Body and Collision Technician Foundation

  • Format: Full Time
  • Offered: Multiple intakes
  • Program Duration: 36 weeks
  • Delivery Location: Kelowna, BC

Program Description

This 36-week (1080 hour) program has been designed to take a student with little or no previous experience in the automotive collision repair trades and supply them with the necessary skills to seek employment in this industry as an apprentice. Courses in this program follow the Industry training authority's automotive Collision and Refinishing common core level 1 and will introduce students to the many aspects of the automotive collision repair trades with a focus on developing practical skills.

Graduates of this program will receive SkilledTradesBC credit for Automotive Collision and Refinishing common core level 1 technical training and will also receive 625 work-based hours towards either their Automotive Collision Repair apprenticeship or 450 hours toward their Automotive refinishing apprenticeship.

Career Pathways

Make yourself indispensable! This program opens the door to two different career pathways. Upon successful completion of the program, students will receive credit for their Level 1 apprenticeship technical training for both Auto Body and Collision Technician and Automotive Refinishing Technician (Automotive Painter). With this achievement, students are able to pursue certification as a Red Seal Auto Body and Collision Technician and/ or a Red Seal Automotive Refinishing Technician (Automotive Painter).

In addition, to provide our students with a complete learning experience, this program includes a two week work-term where students work alongside apprentices and Red Seal technicians in an industry shop. This experience orients students to an actual work situation and will help them determine the type of shop environment in which they would like to pursue a career.

Admission Requirements

  • Youth Train in Trades - in grade 12 (all core grad requirements completed apart from CLC A and B, and senior electives)
  • Minimum English 12 or English First Peoples 12 – 67% plus
  • Minimum Workplace Mathematics 11 or Foundations of Mathematics 11 or Pre-Calculus 11 – 67% plus
  • All Core grad requirements completed: 
    • Senior Grad requirements include: English 12 or English First Peoples 12, English 11, Senior Socials, Senior Math (Workplace mathematics or Foundations or Mathematics 11 or Pre-Calculus 11), and a Senior Science 
    • All grade 10 grad requirements.