Collision Repair/Refinishing Prep Technician

If you have any questions about how a course or program is delivered, you can check the Trades website, email the Department Chair or email the Trades & Apprenticeship office:

Apprenticeship: apprenticeship@okanagan.bc.ca
Foundation and General Interest: trades@okanagan.bc.ca

This 38-week (1140 hours) program takes students with little or no previous experience in the automotive collision trade and supplies them with the necessary skills to seek employment in this industry. Instruction in subject matters includes: Automotive Collision Repair and Automotive Refinishing Prep Technician, allowing students the opportunity to enter one of three different apprenticeships. The main focus of the program is the development of practical skills. The program includes a two-week industry work placement. Graduates of this program will receive an Okanagan College program certificate, Level 1 Technical Training credit and 625 work-based training hours towards one of the two trades from the Industry Training Authority. The Automotive Refinishing Prep Technician credential is the prerequisite for the Automotive Refinishing and Paint apprenticeship.

Admissions Requirements

• B.C. secondary school graduation, or equivalent, or 19 years of age and out of secondary school for at least one year as of the first day of classes.
• English 10 with minimum 50% or alternatives.
• Math requirement:

A minimum of 50% in any of:

• Mathematics 10
• Apprenticeship and Workplace Mathematics 10
• Workplace Mathematics 10
• Foundations of Mathematics and Pre-Calculus 10
• Adult Basic Education MATH 071 and MATH 072

The ABLE mathematics Test scores are only good for two (2) years.

Applicants who have not satisfied the Math requirement within the last seven (7) years must write the ABLE Mathematics test and must receive a minimum of 50%.

Program Outline

Program Schedule: September to May

Textbooks: $300 approximately

Graduation Requirement

Minimum passing grade per component is 70%.