Automotive Collision Refinishing and Repair / Overview

      Collision Repair and Refinishing Services

§125.7. Collision Repair and Refinishing Services.

(a)  General requirements. Collision repair and refinishing services include knowledge of the processes, technologies, and materials utilized in the reconstruction and/or alteration of vehicles. The courses in this category may be offered in Grades 9-12. Following are the courses that can be included in this category with the units of credit that students may be awarded for successful completion of each course: Introduction to Transportation Services (one-half to one credit), Automotive Collision Repair and Refinishing Technology (two to three credits), Auto Detailing (one-half to one credit), cooperative education (two to three credits), job shadowing (one credit), mentoring (one to three credits) and apprenticeship training (two to three credits).

(b)  Introduction. Rapid advances in technology have created new career opportunities and demands in trades and industries. Trade and industrial education provides the knowledge, skills, and technologies required for employment in transportation systems. Students need to develop knowledge of the concepts and skills related to this system in order to apply them to personal/career development. Trade and industrial education depends on and supports integration of academic and career and technology knowledge and skills. To prepare for success, students must have opportunities to reinforce, apply, and transfer their knowledge and skills to a variety of settings and problems. Knowledge about career opportunities, requirements, and expectations and the development of workplace skills prepare students for success.

COLLISION REPAIR & REFINISHING

2016 SKILLS USA (DISTRICT COMPETITION)

Speed and Skills Competition:

On February 5^th students competed in the district 6 automotive collision technology and automotive refinishing technology at TSTC Waco TX. There were six other high schools competing and a total of 64 contestants.

Placements:

COLLISION REPAIR                        REFINISHING

12^th place- Elyaer Aguirre                         10^th place- Cesilia Torres

4^th place – Jose Gaona                               6^th place- Nancy Vargas

3^rd place- Guillermo Martines                  5^th place- Katherine Pineda

2^nd place- Chris Martines

1^st place- Alfredo Sandoval

^{Collision
Repair (Body Work):}^{Contestants were judged in 7 areas: Body repair, Mig
welding, Damage analysis, under body measurements, Gauge analysis, Identifying
steering suspension, and Collision related math, science skills, language arts
skills, and writing skills.}

^{Refinishing
(Painting):}^{The contestants were judged in 6 areas: Surface
preparations, spray gun operations, paint mixing, paint application problems
(causes and cures), refinishing safety, and refinishing related math, science
skills, language arts skills, and writing skills.}

^{ALL STUDENTS
QUALIFIED TO COMPETE AT THE STATE LEVEL SKILLS USA IN CORPUS CHRISTI, TX.}

COLLISION REPAIR & REFINISHING

2016 SKILLS USA (DISTRICT COMPETITION)

^{INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS PLACEMENTS:}

On February 19^th students competed in the district 6 Collision Repair Individual Projects at the Civic Center in Waxahachie, TX. All these students’ projects received 1^st place against 62 other projects and qualified for state in Corpus Christi, TX.

^-^{Marco Romo, Brandon Palomo, Jesus Rodriguez ( Team Project)}

^-^{Jose Gaona (
Individual Project)}

^-^{Liced Hernandez, Giovanni Ramirez, Johnny Monsivais, Daniel
Lopez, Armando Ledesma ( Team Project)}

^-^{Katherine Pineda (
Individual Project)}

^-^{Alfredo Sandoval (
Individual Project)}

^-^{Jennifer Martinez (
Individual Project)}

^-^{Ediberto Flores, Oscar Juarez ( Team Project)}

^-^{Eduardo Mora, Bryan Vasquez, Elyaer Aguirre, Elmer Vargas,
Jose Davila ( Team Project)}

^-^{Alvaro Zermeno (
Individual Project)}

^-^{Alondra Guitierrez, Isabel Mendez, Marisol Garcia ( Team Project)}

COLLISION REPAIR & REFINISHING

2016 SKILLS USA (STATE COMPETITION)

SPEED AND SKILLS

Congratulations to the auto collision program at H. Grady Spruce High School. In March we traveled to the state competition in Corpus Christi, Texas. Alfredo Sandoval who placed 1^st in district, competed in the Collision Repair Speed and Skills at state where he place 2^nd out of 17 contestants. He received a $5,000 scholarship from UTI, numerous tools from different vendors, and has been acknowledge by locals collision shops where he will be interviewing for a job placement.

Individual Projects

^-^{(1st Place State)}^{Marco Romo, Brandon Palomo, Jesus
Rodriguez ( Team Project)}

^-^{(3rd Place State)}^{Jose Gaona ( Individual Project)}

^-^{(1st Place State)}^{Liced Hernandez, Giovanni Ramirez,
Johnny Monsivais, Daniel Lopez, Armando Ledesma ( Team Project)}

^-^{(1st Place State)}^{Katherine Pineda ( Individual Project)}

^-^{(1st Place State)}^{Alfredo Sandoval ( Individual Project)}

^-^{(1st Place State)}^{Jennifer Martinez ( Individual Project)}

^-^{(1st Place State)}^{Ediberto Flores, Oscar Juarez ( Team Project)}

^-^{(1st Place State)}^{Eduardo Mora, Bryan Vasquez, Elyaer
Aguirre, Elmer Vargas, Jose Davila (
Team Project)}

^-^{(1st Place State)}^{Alvaro Zermeno ( Individual Project)}

^-^{(2nd Place State)}^{Alondra Guitierrez, Isabel Mendez,
Marisol Garcia ( Team Project)}