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Fixing the Auto Body Tech Shortage: Part 1

Jason Stahl and Brandon Eckenrode, managing director of CREF, discuss how the collision industry can solve the tech shortage. Sponsored by OEC and CollisionLink Plus.

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In the latest episode of BodyShop Business: The Podcast, Jason Stahl and Brandon Eckenrode, managing director of the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF), discuss the technician shortage. Topics they discuss include:

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  • Why is there a technician shortage in the collision repair industry?
  • What is CREF’s role in helping relieve some of the stress on shops that the technician shortage has created?
  • Did COVID have an impact on collision repair instruction at schools?
  • What role can collision repairers play in making sure quality students are coming out of their local schools?
  • What opportunities does rapidly advancing vehicle technology give the industry to attract new talent?

BodyShop Business: The Podcast is sponsored by OEC and CollisionLink Plus.

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The Success and Growth of OEM Calibration

Jason Stahl talks with James Rodis and Andy Hipwell on the growth and expansion of OEM Calibration.

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Jason Stahl has 30 years of experience as an editor, and has been editor of BodyShop Business for the past 18 years. He currently is a gold pin member of the Collision Industry Conference. Jason, who hails from Cleveland, Ohio, earned a bachelor of arts degree in English from John Carroll University and started his career in journalism at a weekly newspaper, doing everything from delivering newspapers to selling advertising space to writing articles.
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In this episode of "Under the Radar", Jason Stahl talks with James Rodis, process, procedure and training manager for OEM Calibration and the Woodhouse Auto Family, and Andy Hipwell, manager of OEM Calibration, on the secret to OEM Calibration's immense growth to eight cities spanning Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and South Dakota. This episode is sponsored by asTech, driven by Repairify.

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