Explore career safety, industry certifications, vehicle construction, and an overview of the career field.

 
Learning Outcomes:

• Given the lectures and lab activates, students will summarize the collision repair industry, summarize the major areas of repair in a collision repair facility and describe the basic procedures for repairing a collision damaged vehicle, with a minimum of 70 percent accuracy.
• Given the lectures and lab activities, students will be able to list the types of safety concerns common to a collision repair facility and explain how to avoid shop accidents, with a minimum of 70 percent accuracy.
• Given the lectures and lab activities, students will describe safety practices designed to avoid fire and explosions, with a minimum of 70 percent accuracy.
• Given the lectures and lab activities, students will know the sources of professional training and certification, and their benefits, including ICAR and ASE, with a minimum of 70 percent accuracy.
• Given the lectures and lab activities, students will identify different types of vehicle construction and major structural parts, sections, and assemblies with a minimum of 70 percent accuracy.
• Given the lectures and lab activities, students will summarize how vehicles are classifies by body, engine, and drive train configurations, with a minimum of 70 percent accuracy.