- Diman Regional Voc-Tech
- Overview
Automotive Collision Repair and Refinishing Program Overview
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Request work from Diman's Auto Collision Program
The Automotive Collision Repair and Finishing Program provides students with excellent opportunities to explore and experience numerous aspects of the Auto Body trade. These include developing entry-level skills in surface preparation and minor dent repair. Students are also exposed to more complex operations in refinishing, frame straightening and welding. Students are monitored and closely supervised by highly qualified instructors that work to maximize their potential. Today's technology is replicated in two modern preparation stations, as well as a state-of-the-art downdraft spray booth and a straightening machine.
Announcements
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Diman Advisory Board Seeks Your Help
We want you to join the Diman family. While we're proud of our vocational programs and their ability to turn young men and women into skilled members of the community, we can't maintain that level of quality without the help of industry professionals. Please consider joining our Vocational Advisory Board, where you will help steer our vocational programs and students toward future success. Learn more and apply here.
Auto Collision Skills & Careers
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Students graduating from Diman have a variety of job options open to them. Below is a partial list of jobs Diman grads from this program are qualified for, depending on their level of education.
Diman Diploma 2 Year College 4 Year College - Apprentice collision repair worker
- Auto glass installer
- Auto restoration worker
- Industrial painter
- Detailing shop worker
- Sales representative for paint or supply company
- Advance collision repair worker
- Insurance appraiser
- Insurance adjuster
- Auto and truck dealership
- Collision repair shop owner
- Insurance appraiser
- Insurance adjuster
- Auto/truck dealership management
- Vocational technical instructor
Skills & Skill Areas
- Safety Practice for Surface Preparation
- Surface Preparation
- Sanding Methods: Wet, Dry, and Power
- Masking
- Safety Practices for Spraying, Handling/and Disposal of Sprayable Material
- Spraying Techniques
- Priming
- Spray Painting
- Spray Gun Maintenance
- Repair Minor Damage
- Repair Rusted Out Panel
- Fiberglass Repair
- Welding Safety
- Welding Operation
- Oxygen/Acetylene Welding (o/A)
- MIG Welding
- Plastic Welding
- Glass Operation
- Major Panel Adjustments
- Repair Major Damage
- Frame Repair
- Estimating
- Electrical and Electronic Systems Repair
In the News
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Retooled: Diman adapting to challenges of learning trades remotely
In this time of distance teaching and learning, trade shops at vocational schools face, perhaps, the greatest challenge. They, as well as many other shops offered at vocational schools, focus heavily on students working with tools and on machines. But with students, due to the COVID-19 crisis, locked out of the building and physically separated from their teachers, hands-on learning has largely been taken out of the educational equation. (5/18/20)
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Diman students rolling into the future with energy-efficient car project
Diman students have been working, long distance, with students at the University of Alabama to create an energy-efficient Camaro. (9/29/16)
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Diman crew rebuilds well-known wooden fire truck at Flint Station
The Flint Fire Station has plenty of equipment to show off when visitors come to call. (6/19/2015)
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Diman shop programs ever-changing to meet needs of employers
FALL RIVER - As the job market changes, so does Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School. (5/24/2012)