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Automotive Collision Technician

Why Choose the Automotive Collision Technician Program?


As long as cars will be on the road, we'll have a need for automotive collision technicians. This program teaches students how to identify, evaluate and diagnose collision damage and repair needs and gives them the skills to carry those repairs through to completion.

Our Automotive Restoration & Customization - Finishing Certificate offers the training to restore an old classic to its former glory or take a stock vehicle and turn it into a wholly unique ride. Our 85,000 square-foot automotive facility features state-of-the-industry paint rooms, computer labs, classrooms and glassed-in shop areas, and our automotive programs have won numerous national awards.

If you love cars and have an eye for taking something broken and doing the work needed to repair and restore it back to its original condition, this might be the program and career path for you.

Program Info


Our Automotive Collision Technician program prepares students for careers in Automotive Restoration & Customization.

How Long It Takes:

Automotive Collision Technician AAT Degree: 5 quarters

Automotive Restoration & Customization - Finishing Certificate: 4-6 quarters

Refinishing Technician Certificate: 3 quarters

Structure Repair Technician Certificate: 3 quarters

All program lengths are estimates and are not guarantees.

Program Documents:

Follow this link for all Program Documents.

Meet Your Instructors:

Potential Careers

Repair and refinish automotive vehicle bodies and straighten vehicle frames.

Info Sessions

Automotive Collision Technician Program Information Sessions usually occur at 3 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month. To learn more about information sessions, visit cptc.edu/info-sessions.

Visit the Academic Calendar at cptc.edu/academic-calendar to see when the next information session is scheduled.

Get Started

  1. Talk with Entry Services in the Welcome Center to APPLY TO CPTC.
  2. Understand program costs, Tuition, and Fees
  3. Find Ways to Pay for CPTC.
  4. Search for and enroll in classes in ctcLink by visiting www.cptc.edu/MyCC.

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