Collision Repair and Refinishing Careers

Graduates of the Collision Repair and Finishing program have a wide variety of career opportunities including:

• body shop manager *
• auto body instructor *
• auto body specialist
• vehicle restoration
• collision repair
• aircraft refinishing
• automotive customizing
• heavy truck body repair
• insurance adjuster *
• auto appraiser *
• frame specialist
• glass insulation
• painter
• motorcycle painter
• auto body product salesperson
• auto salvage business

* Requires additional course work.

Placement

Graduate Job Placement - 100%
Starting Wages - $20,000 - $40,000 per year

The collision repair and painting industry is experiencing a severe shortage of qualified technicians and wages are increasing as a result.

There are 221,000 automobile collision repair individuals working in the United States.

Employers

• Black Hawk Auto Refinishers - LaPorte City, IA
• Deery Brothers Collision Center - Cedar Falls, IA
• Dick Witham Crossroads Ford - Waterloo, IA
• Droste's Auto Care - Waterloo, IA
• Dunlap Motors - Independence, IA
• Iowa Auto Rebuilders - Waterloo, IA
• Palau & Sons - Manchester, IA
• Roskamp Champion - Waterloo, IA
• Rydell Chevrolet, Mitsubishi, Inc. - Waterloo, IA
• Terex Cranes, Inc. - Waverly, IA
• Auto Crafters - Charles City, IA
• Coffman's Body Shop - Cedar Falls, IA
• S & S Auto Body & Frame - Marshalltown, IA
• Body Mart - Waterloo, IA