ABR - Auto Body Repair
Offered Spring Semester
Prerequisite: ABR 104
This course is an introduction to the welding of high strength steels used in modern unibody vehicles.
Offered Fall Semester
This course is a basic study of fundamental issues important for an entry-level auto body technician. Topics include an introduction to safety, tools and equipment, as well as career exploration opportunities.
Offered Fall Semester
Prerequisite: ABR 104
This course is an introduction to modern vehicle designs and their engineered safety features. Emphasis is placed on vehicle damage analysis and three-dimensional measuring.
Offered Fall Semester
Prerequisite: ABR 104
This course is an exploration of plastic repair procedures and metal straightening techniques.
Offered Fall Semester
Prerequisite: ABR 104
This course is an exploration of refinishing preparation techniques in the automotive industry. Emphasis is placed on the application of undercoats and detailing processes.
Offered Summer Semester
This course is an introduction to automotive air conditioning, power windows, power seats and other accessories in late model vehicles.
Offered Summer Semester
Prerequisites: ABR 104
This course is a study of basic estimating principles to include vehicle identification, electronic estimating systems, damage analysis and processing of information relating to insurance claims.
Offered Spring Semester
Prerequisite: ABR 105
This course is the study of repair planning and methods for making corrective structural pulls to late-model, collision-damaged vehicles. Emphasis is placed on the straightening of unibody, space-frame and full-frame vehicles.
Offered Spring Semester
Prerequisite: ABR 106
This course is a study of the assembly and disassembly of automotive replacement panels to include welded, bonded and bolted panels.
Offered Spring Semester
Prerequisite: ABR 107
This course is a study of mixing and applying automotive topcoats, including spray gun set-up, mixing equipment and spraying equipment for solvent and waterborne refinishes.
Offered Summer Semester
Prerequisite: ABR 127
This course covers overall refinishing with the newest type paints.
Offered Fall Semester
This course covers writing estimates on damaged vehicles using collision repair guides.
Offered Fall Semester
Prerequisites: ABR 114
This course is an in-depth review of computerized estimating systems, digital photography and vehicle scheduling processes as they relate to automotive estimating.
Offered Fall Semester
This course is an exploration of non-traditional vehicle materials and the repair processes that accompany them.
Offered Summer Semester
Prerequisite: ABR 117
This course is a study of finish matching techniques to include color theory, tinting and blending as they apply to today’s automotive finishes.
Offered Spring Semester
Co-requisite: ABR 124
This course covers basic leadership skills and automotive shop management procedures.
Offered Summer Semester
This course covers the various sectioning procedures used in the repair of today’s vehicles as they relate to structural components of the vehicle.
Offered Spring Semester
Prerequisite: ABR 126
This course covers metal shaping and fabrication of vehicle parts using metal forming equipment.
Offered Spring Semester
Prerequisite: ABR 127
This course covers the use of specialty finishes and custom paint applications.
Offered Fall Semester
Prerequisite: ABR 115
This course is a study of braking, steering and suspension systems as they relate to returning a vehicle to pre-accident condition.
Offered Fall Semester
Prerequisite: ABR 104
This course is an exploration of basic circuitry and electrical problems associated with collision-damaged vehicles.