Second Quarter Training Schedule Announced by Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes - BodyShop Business

Second Quarter Training Schedule Announced by Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes

Participants will learn through a combination of classroom, digital and hands-on settings at various metropolitan Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes training centers from April 1 through June 30.

Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes announced its latest second quarter 2015 collision repair industry courses and training sites that will be available from April 1 through June 30, 2015.

Participants will learn through a combination of classroom, digital and hands-on settings at various metropolitan Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes training centers, according to Rod Habel, Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes director of training operations.

“Our hands-on and digital classroom training is available to all shop owners, managers, painters and technicians, who can choose to advance their business-building, production excellence and/or paint application techniques as needed,” Habel said.

Habel noted that the following hands-on paint and processes application-based courses will be offered during the first quarter:

  • AWX Performance Plus Waterborne Refinish System
  • Color Adjustment and Blending
  • Fleet CFR
  • Painter Certification

Additional shop management and business-building courses will also be offered:

  • Achieving Service Excellence
  • Improving Workshop Efficiency
  • Estimating Solutions for Profit

Habel says the Sherwin-Williams philosophy of lean operations is common to all its classes.

“We’re always seeking to introduce concepts that support sustainable practices, increase productivity and minimize or even eliminate waste – all factors that are necessary to the success of a collision center.”

For further details regarding the 2015 second quarter schedule for training centers, dates, specific course descriptions and locations, click HERE.

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