Program Description

Blue Hills is a NATEF-certified program, which is part of Automotive Service Excellence (A.S.E.). Graduates of the program have exciting careers working for independent business owners and automobile and truck dealerships. Some students work as manufacturers’ representatives or in the insurance industry as estimators and appraisers.

Among the topics covered in the comprehensive four-year Auto Body curriculum are the safe and proper use of basic hand tools, developing good safety habits, paint mixing systems, methods of sheet metal repair, spot welding, removing and filling dents, removing and replacing bumpers, plastic repairs, auto damage appraisal, and removing and installing a hood panel. Students also learn about labor relations, customer relations, and auto appraising.

• U.S. Department of Labor Statistics
• Auto body and related repairers held about 223,000 jobs in 2004
• Median hourly earnings of auto body and related repairers, including incentive pay, were $16.68 in May 2004.
• The highest 10 percent earned more than $28.45 an hour
• Opportunities will be best for people with formal training in auto body repair and refinishing
• (Employment facts from the Occupational Outlook Handbook at www.bls.gov/OCO)



Program Placement
Auto Body students have gone on to work for GM Auto Wholesale, Apple Auto Body, Central Collision Center, Ace Auto Body, Central Auto Group, Unlimited Collision Inc., Susi Auto Body, L & W Auto Body, and Hyde Park Auto Center, Inc.