ACT II members of the "Trash Crew" coming back into lab after dumping the trash. Auto Collision students are expected to keep the lab clean and part of their job is dumping the trash. Students also must sweep and wash the floors every day at the end of lab.

ACT II student Miles looks at the front end of his 1948 Chevy. Miles took advantage of his Career Days job shadowing last year and landed a job at a body shop in Kenton, OH. He now is part of the School to Work Program and works at the shop 3 days a week during lab time. Senior students may qualify for School to Work if they meet certain requirements.

ACT II student Ronnie working on a customer's Toyota Celica. Both Ronnie and Caroline have been working on this particular part of the car. The steel had been stretched and had to be cut out and a new piece welded in. Caroline added her expertise in fabricating new patch panels. To be successful in auto collision you must be a good problem solver. Every crash damaged car has potential challenges that must be met in order to repair the vehicle. To meet those challenges, you must remain on task, use common sense and have a good understanding of sheet metal repair.

ACT II student Nick is seen working on his senior project. Nick is "shaving" the side body lines and removing the rear door handles.

ACT II student Chris seen working on a customer's fiberglass truck bed. The fiberglass came into the shop with cracks so it will need to be ground out, sanded, filled and primered before painting. Chris has been in charge of repairing this truck bed and will paint it when finished with repairs. Students coming into Auto Collision should realize that repair and preparation take time and as a young technician, you'll need to stay on task for long periods of time to accomplish this. Painting is a small part of auto collision repair. Chris will probably have 20 hours of repair compared to only 1-2 hours of prep and paint.

Senior Auto Collison

This week in auto collision, kids have been working hard on there senior projects. Ray estep has got his whole front end down on his camaro and will be working hard on the rest of the car. Then josh wintersteller has got his 1990 Honda Hatchback Si all the way down to bare metal . Ethan is still working hard like always on his Grandpappy's truck, now he has the rocker panel on the drive side completly removed and ready for the new to go on. Clay has been working on cutting out a arch panel above the left rear wheel. An he now has the old one off and the new one on, and is ready for primer. So that means that all his bed needs is to be primered then its done and ready for paint. Then another student named Nick Bays, has been working on his Jimmy and has got the body line shaved and the back door handles shaved off and is now fixing all the dents around the vehicle. Then Mr. Newland has been a good teacher like always and helping us out with a ton of new learnings that everyone should know.

Written By: Thee Pope #18

ACT II student Caroline working on her senior project. She has repair to do on her Jeep and would like to paint a stripe scheme down the side of the vehicle. To be a successful painter, an auto body tech must be able to stay on task for long periods of time prepping the vehicle for paint. You must have a steady hand to be able to lay out stripe tape and attention to detail is crucial to a good job.

As you can tell, ACT II student Andrew loves his job. Andrew is taking a rest break after removing a door from a lab vehicle.

ACT I student Eli is letting the sparks fly as he grinds a weld on Morgan's truck. An auto body technician must be able to handle cutting and grinding tools safely and correctly. One wrong move could injure the technician or ruin the welded patch panel.

ACT I students Aaron and Winston are busy stripping the paint from a hood that goes to a 1986 Z28 Camaro. After stripping the paint, they will sand the hood and get it ready for primer.

ACT II student Miles seen putting a cab corner in a customer's pickup truck. To be a good auto body technician, you must be able to measure, weld, grind metal and pay strict attention to detail. If any of these skills are lacking, the customer will not be happy with the finished product.

ACT I student Jesse seen sanding on the roof of a 1973 Chevy Camaro. Jesse is helping out on this senior project by sanding off the roof and getting it prepped for primer. To be a good auto body technician, you must be able to stay on task for long periods of time. Jesse doesn't have a problem with that. He loves to work on this car.