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Designed to provide entry-level knowledge and skills necessary to restore and/or customize vehicles. The program focuses on exterior repair and restoration, customization, preparation for paint, stock and/or custom finishing, and stock and/or custom interior carpet, upholstery, and trim.

Students will participate in realistic training activities as part of their educational experience and/or will work on their own projects.

 

Included in this program are academic courses in communication, quantitative reasoning, and social sciences that provide knowledge and abilities upon which technical skills are built and enhance personal development.

 

This program is approximately four to six quarters in length, depending on the time students need to satisfactorily complete all graduation requirements and prerequisites.


Prerequisites: AUG 103-104 Introduction to Automotive Upholstery & Glass, and ACT 102-125 or equivalent.

 

Admission Dates: Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer quarters by instructor permission only.


PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

ARCF 103

Fundamentals & Shop Equipment

3

ARCF 109

Welding & Metal Skills

4

ARCF 114

Basic Repairs & Assembly

8

ARCF 119

Custom Fabrication

6

ARCF 124

Refinishing Equipment

4

ARCF 129

Refinish Preparation

7

ARCF 134

Custom Refinishing

6

ARCF 141

Surface Imperfections/Show & Shine

4

ARCF 149

Custom Seat Upholstery

7

ARCF 154

Automotive Restoration & Customization Finishing Lab

9

ARCF 156

Custom Headliner & Side Panel Upholstery

5

ARCF 161

Custom Carpet Fabrication & Installation

5

ARCF 164

Custom Glass Patterning & Installation

4

ARCF 166

Custom Upholstery Design & Installation

3

ARCF 167

Custom Paint Application

3

ARCF 168

Applied Metal Skills

3

ENG& 101

English Composition (or higher) or CMST& 220  

5

MAT 105

or higher

5

PSYC& 100   

or other social science or humanities class

5

 

TOTAL CREDITS FOR COMPLETION               96

 


Automotive Restoration & Customization - Finishing

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4500 Steilacoom Blvd SW, Lakewood, WA  98499 - Phone: 253-589-5678