Field Trip: Saputo Capital Collision Group hosts skilled trades summer camp
Guelph, Ontario — Saputo Capital Collision Group hosted a cohort of summer campers this past Thursday for a field trip at the company’s CARSTAR Guelph location. The Skills Ontario Trades summer camp, put on through Conestoga College and Linamar Corporation, brought two groups of ten campers aged 12 years to 14 years to the CARSTAR […]
SATA Canada Hosts WorldSkills 2024 Competitors: Experts clarify purpose, outcome of week-long competition; Pfaff Autoworks lends car for competitors
Vaughan, Ontario — As a global partner with WorldSkills, SATA has proudly hosted the global WorldSkills experts and competitors—who will head to Lyon, France, for the international competition in September—for a week-long session at the company’s Vaughan, Ont., headquarters and training facilities. Collision Repair magazine has been on-site all week to catch up with these […]
Ontario’s Honourees: Skills Ontario winners announced; Centennial College claims two collision repair medals and one car painting podium spot
Toronto, Ontario — Young collision repairers and automotive painters went head-to-head earlier this week to compete for the Skills Ontario title of best repairer or refinisher. Following two days of competition—secondary students on Monday, post-secondary Tuesday—the winners were announced Wednesday morning. In the post-secondary collision repair category, first place went to Liam A. from Mohawk […]
Talent on the Rock: Adam Downey takes autobody repair gold; Blake Burton takes first in car painting at Skills Newfoundland competition
St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador — Skills Canada’s Newfoundland and Labrador chapter hosted its provincial competition last Friday, March 15, where over 300 regional finalists from across Newfoundland and Labrador, including intermediate, secondary, and post-secondary students and apprentices, competed for medals in more than 40 different areas of expertise. The event had competitors in both […]
Car Camp: Southern Alberta Institute of Tech offers autobody summer camp
Calgary, Alberta — The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology kicked off a brand-new summer camp on Monday. Exploring Trades, Auto Body is a five-day, in-person camp designed for students from Grade 9 through Grade 12. Campers will gain hands-on experience with autobody techniques and procedures while learning the ins and outs of automotive prepping and […]
Tow Truck Training: Wreckmaster offers new program, highest level of training for tow truck drivers in Canada
Vancouver, B.C. — Tow truck drivers can now receive the highest level of training offered in Canada with the introduction of a new Level 8/9 training course. Tow truck driving is considered one of the most dangerous professions in the world, every year hundreds of operators die on the scene due to the life-threatening situations […]
Dave Squared: Elite Body Shop Solutions announces webinar, ‘Grow Your Own Skilled Technicians and Perform Better’
Nashville, Tennessee — Dave Luehr’s Elite Body Shop Solutions’ next webinar series installment–“Grow Your Own Skilled Technicians and Perform Better”–will feature BETAG Innovation COO Dave Flockhart. On Aug. 26 at 1 p.m. CDT (2 p.m. EST), Luehr will be joined by Flockhart, where the two will discuss ways to improve your current workforce, as well as […]
ASE Expands: ASE certification testing expanding in Canada
Toronto, Ontario — The National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE), an organization that works to improve the quality of vehicle repair by testing and certifying automotive professionals has recently expanded its certification testing in Canada. This expansion was made possible through its acquisition of Vancouver-based Paragon Testing Enterprises by Prometric. “Prometric has been a […]
