Chief University Releases 2011 Training Schedule, Including New Design Based Repair Course
Chief University, the training arm of Chief Automotive Technologies, has released its 2011 schedule of hands-on training courses for collision repair technicians, estimators and appraisers. The schedule includes more than two dozen opportunities to take Chief’s new Design Based Repair course. This comprehensive class features 16 hours of instruction on the efficient, economical and proper
Chief University Introduces Design Based Repair Training
Chief University, the training arm of Chief Automotive Technologies, introduced a new Design Based Repair course for collision repair technicians and estimators. “Design based repair” means following OEM repair procedures to efficiently, economically and properly return a collision-damaged vehicle to its original design specifications, Chief says. As vehicle manufacturers continue to develop new
NACE, SEMA or Both? Industry Weighs In on Travel Plans
When Hanley Wood Exhibitions announced that the 2010 Automotive Service and Repair Week (ASRW) events, including NACE and CARS, would take place Oct. 11-13 instead of during Automotive Aftermarket Industry Week (Nov. 2-5), it put a big decision in front of the companies that provide equipment and services to the collision repair industry: At which
Comparing Computerized Measuring Systems
Pilots flying in dense fog have to rely on their instruments to make safe landings. Can you do the equivalent of an instrument landing when repairing a vehicle? Only if you can determine the dimensional accuracy of a structural frame…by using a computerized measuring system
