Auto Body
Automotive parts, body materials, and electronics continue to change and become more complex and technologically advanced.
Auto body repair and refinishing technicians are trained in the highly technical and complex skills that are required to repair cars made of sheet metal, aluminum, steel, fiberglass and plastics. Technicians perform frame straightening; metal correction, analysis, repair and replacing; spray painting; and oxyacetylene, electric and MIG welding. Refinishing and customized paint finishing are also becoming increasingly more technical with the introductions of new products and systems necessary for restoring automobile finishes.
Graduates of the program often are independent business owners, work for automobile or truck dealerships, as manufacturers’ representatives, or in the insurance industry as estimators or appraisers.
I-Car; the Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair, and the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence, (A.S.E.), both certify the Blue Hills Auto Body Program. ‘These independent, non-profit organizations administer voluntary certification programs for technicians that are the recognized standard of achievement in the industry and ensure proficiency and quality of craftsmanship.
Blue Hills is the only I-Car Gold Class certified high school program in Massachusetts. Successful completion of the program will also satisfy requirements for the state of Massachusetts Motor Vehicle Appraisers license.