Automotive Collision Repair Technology - AAS
Love cars and want to make fixing them your career? Bellingham Technical College’s Automotive Collision Repair Technology program will prepare you for a career as an automotive collision repair technician, automotive glass specialist, painter, or auto body repair shop manager. You will be trained for all aspects of automotive repair, using the latest technological processes and equipment in our full-service shop. Your training will include trade-specific skills, such as how to repair and refinish damaged vehicles.
BTC’s Auto Collision Repair program will give you hands-on instruction that will earn you top jobs with employers such as independent automotive repair shops, car detailing shops, automotive manufacturers, automotive recyclers, and more.
The Auto Collision Repair Technology program is an I-CAR Industry Training Alliance member.
Employment Information
Data are provided on a program (not credential) level
91% BTC graduate placement rate1
$37,591 starting annual wage
2$47,085 average annual wage
2$61,241 potential annual wage
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- Employment and Wage Data Sources
1Employment data come from the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) and reflect WA/OR employment for students enrolled at BTC between 2017-18 and 2019-20. Students are included in the employment rate if they left with a credential. Rates are not shown for programs with fewer than 10 students meeting the above criteria.
2Whatcom County and WA State wage data come from Washington State Employment Security Department (ESD) 2021 Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates and reflect 2018-21 employment. Wage data represent occupations that BTC faculty have identified as the most relevant career paths for program graduates. Note that these wages reflect employees with varying educational levels/credentials. For cases in which multiple occupations have been identified by faculty, a weighted percentile is calculated using each occupation’s percentile wage and employment size estimate. Wages are not shown for programs for which occupations do not meet the ESD’s minimum thresholds for publishing. If the program has wage data from the Washington SBCTC that involves shift work, these ESD wages reflect the same number of hours used in the annual wage calculation. Starting wage = 25th percentile, median wage = 50th percentile, wage potential = 75th percentile.
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