Auto Collision Repair Technology, diploma
- Albany, USA
- Cuthbert, USA
Diploma
DURATION
37 hours
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The Auto Collision Repair Technology diploma at Albany Technical College trains students for careers in collision repair or painting and refinishing. Course sequences build academic, technical and professional skills for job entry, retention and advancement. You’ll study dent repair, panel replacement, body straightening and refinishing using industry-driven instruction delivered in traditional, online and customized formats.
Career Outcomes: Graduates qualify as skilled collision repair technicians or painting and refinishing technicians. Other roles include auto body technician, refinisher, damage estimator or shop lead in dealerships, fleet services and insurance repair facilities. Employers value technicians who work independently and with repair teams.
The Automotive Collision Repair Program is a sequence of courses designed to prepare students for careers in the automotive collision repair profession. Learning opportunities develop academic, technical, and professional knowledge and skills required for job acquisition, retention, and advancement. The program emphasizes either major automotive collision repair or automotive painting and refinishing, depending on the specialization area a student chooses to complete. Program graduates receive an Automotive Collision Repair diploma which qualifies them as major collision repair technicians or painting and refinishing technicians.
Automotive bodies and related repairers, often called collision repair technicians, straighten bent bodies, remove dents, and replace crumpled parts that cannot be fixed. They repair all types of vehicles, and although some work on large trucks, buses, or tractor-trailers, most work on cars and small trucks. They can work alone, with only general direction from supervisors or specialists on a repair team. In some shops, helpers or apprentices assist experienced repairers.
Employment of automotive body repairers is expected to grow by 1 percent over the 2008-18 decade. The number of vehicles on the road is expected to continue increasing over the next decade. This will lead to overall growth in the demand for collision repair services. The increasing role of technology in vehicles will also mean new opportunities for workers with expertise or training to repair particular makes and models of cars or work with specific materials.
