Internships & Apprenticeships
USE YOUR HANDS AND BUILD YOUR CAREER IN AS LITTLE AS 12 MONTHS!
CCI guides each Apprentice through the skills they need to be successful by combining online learning with on-the-job training. The program contains all the skills outlined in the ASE/NATEF Task list. Each course includes self-paced learning plus on the job training led by a trainer in an affiliated repair center. Each module of learning is reviewed by a Training Manager in an online environment.
Our Process
CCI guides each Apprentice through the skills they need to be successful by combining online learning with on-the-job training. The program contains all the skills outlined in the ASE/NATEF Task list. Each course includes self-paced learning plus on the job training led by a trainer in an affiliated repair center. Each module of learning is reviewed by a Training Manager in an online environment.
Basic skills
CCI approaches training from the inside out. The first 4-6 week Boot Camp introduces apprentices to the industry in a 360 approach. Apprentices experience every angle of the repair process and whether a technician, painter, or repair planner, finish basic skills with tools in hand, working on cars.
Online Learning
Online training is a combination of industry recognized self-paced online courses and semi-monthly webinars from a highly qualified Training Manager. Online training is throughout the program and is designed to reinforce what each apprentice is learning in the shop.
On the Job Training
On-the-Job Training allows the apprentice to earn while they learn.. Apprentices work in a repair center daily with a qualified Trainer and current employee of the business they are working for. CCI provides the Road Map for the in-shop Trainer to allow apprentices to learn the skills they need to succeed as a Technician, Estimator or Painter. CCI guides repair centers with tools to track and measure the transfer of skills as well as provide resources on how to help each apprentice produce more than they cost within 90 days of their program start.
CCI Video Library
CCI has over 100 “How To” videos to support its online Collision Repair Training Program. Check them out below!
Why choose CCI?
There are many ways to get into the industry but none quite like CCI apprenticeships. Each of our apprentices starts in a shop and are embraced into the industry from the roots up. Apprentices train with the best in the industry with a mapped out plan, tracking and measurement that they each have gained the skills needed to be successful. CCI‘s systems and processes introduce the skills needed from simple to complex. This allows the apprentice to build their knowledge and skills to provide impact to the shop while they learn. Each apprentice is guided on the path from eager and willing to skilled in an amazing trade in 12-18 months. Producing more than the cost of their wages, tools, training costs and subscriptions within 90 days from their start.
We understand the changing workforce and have done our research. We keep our finger on the pulse of the industry, new technologies and people.
CCI is student centered. Our dedicated team's sole purpose is the students' success. CCI takes a different angle: each apprentice is placed with a shop in our network at the beginning of the program instead of the end of their learning. Apprentices get paid, learn and grow in a live production environment. After 18 months students graduate from CCI and are already working in a shop, with a career path in hand. We take the guesswork out of finding a job after graduation.
Start Earning While You Learn
On-the-Job Training allows the apprentice to earn while they learn. Apprentices work in a repair center daily with a qualified Trainer and current employee of the business they are working for.
FastTrack ProgramFast Track Program
Some trainees can "Fast Track" their apprenticeship by having their skills validated, and then proceed with only the content representing "Gaps" in their skills development, thereby reducing training costs and total time to complete their apprenticeship.
VIDEO: Fast Track ApprenticeshipsHow's it work?
CCI was created by experts in the Collision Repair and Education fields. The solution provides a defined path for new job entrants trained to succeed and be productive. Students earn while they learn and are not only taught the skills of the trade, but learn how to thrive in fast-paced, high pressure live production repair facilities. Using CCI’s unique online curriculum supplemented with an instructor guide for mentors and a detailed workbook for students, shop owners and insurers have the tools to realize industry leading success rates with graduates placed in jobs, starting successful careers.
Time is money! Save Both
Start your career in a live production collision repair center. Start earning wages on day one and be productive in as little as 90 days, while you continue developing more skills.
For Students
CCI takes a different approach to training from traditional schools. Our dedicated team's sole purpose is the students' success. Each apprentice is placed with a shop in our network at the beginning of their training instead of after graduation. Apprentices get paid while they learn and grow in a live production environment. After 18 months students graduate from CCI and are already working in a shop, with a career path in hand. We take the guesswork out of finding a job after graduation.
For Shops
CCI provides a proven process to train basic collision repair skills to entry-level technicians. This program focuses on the most important skills needed for entry-level techs to be successful working in a collision repair center. Skills include dent repair, plastic repair, removing and installing body trim, replacing parts, corrosion protection, sanding and paint preparation, mixing and applying primers, color-sanding and buffing, detailing vehicles, and much more.
Our Network
Each of the shops in our network are dedicated to be the best of the best and understand the only way to get there is by investing in people through training. They have invested in training new employees because they believe in you and want to empower you with the skills to become successful.