VCC Automotive Collision Repair & Refinishing - Visit our centre for trades and technology today. VCC's automotive training centre continues to be a leader in providing the hands-on skills that today's employers demand. VCC's Centre for Transportation Trades has been meeting the training needs of industry since 1949. Vancouver Community College entry-level and apprenticeship programs are the best in the province - giving graduates the skills to succeed in a highly competitive job market. VCC has seven automotive training centres. They are: Auto Body Technician, Collision Repair Technician, Automotive Refinishing Technician, Refinishing Prep Technician, Automotive Service Technician, Heavy Duty Mechanic, and Commercial Transport Mechanic.


	- Meeting the training needs of industry since 1949 -


	About Us

	We are Canada's premiere Automotive Collision Repair and Automotive Refinishing Technician Training provider. We have been training students since 1949 and now educate over 900 students annually. Our training includes: Collision Repair Technician Entry Level Training (ELT), Refinishing-Prep Technician Entry Level Training (ELT), Collision Repair Technician High School Transition ACE-IT, Collision Repair Technician Apprenticeship, Refinishing-Prep Technician Apprenticeship, Refinishing Technician Apprenticeship, Journey Person Upgrade Training, Online Journey Person Upgrade Training, and Online Red Seal Review Training. We also have International Training Partnerships and accept International students. Our courses are fully accredited with the Provincial Government, Industry Training Authority (ITA), and the Inter-provincial Standards Red Seal. Our instructors are TQ certified Provincially and Inter-provincially. We have 10 instructors with combined industry experience of over 290 years. They have all completed the Provincial Instructor Diploma Program. Our shop is over 16,000 sq. ft. (1486 sq. m.) with a huge array of the most modern equipment available including two spray booths. our shop can accommodate up to 30 vehicles. We run the shop like a commercial body shop with customer vehicles coming in for the students to work on. Our tool room has an extensive collection of tools for students to borrow from. Contact Info Email: dsalviejo@vcc.ca Office: 604-871-7415 Location: 1155 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC, CANADA

Free weekly Information Session
Attend one of our Free weekly Information Sessions.
You will meet our instructors and tour our state of the art facility.
We will answer all of your questions, address any concerns you may have, and if needed, personally guide you through the registration process.
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When: Every Tuesday morning at 11:00am
How Long: Information Sessions last 15 - 20 minutes
Where: Automotive Service counter at the Vancouver Community College Broadway Campus, Basement level, 1155 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC. map

The Information Sessions are every Tuesday so there is no need make an
appointment, just "drop in".

For more about the information sessions please call 604-871-7415 or email dsalviejo@vcc.ca

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View of the campus from Broadway Street.

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			Home Programs Entry Training Apprenticeship Upgrade Training Online Training High Schools How To Register Directions Service What's New Support Contact us ©Copyright Vancouver Community College 2006 VCC's Automotive Collision Repair & Refinishing Prep programs are located at the Broadway Campus in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Students receive instruction in a setting designed to represent a typical automotive collision repair and refinishing facility using traditional and state of the art technology. Emphasis is placed on practical application of skills using a variety of equipment and methods on actual vehicles. Automotive Collision Repair Department 1155 East Broadway Street Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V5T 4V5 For general information: 604-871-7415 or e-mail us VCC's Centre for Transportation Trades continues to be a leader in providing the hands-on skills that today's employers demand. Our entry-level and apprenticeship programs are the best in the province - giving graduates the skills to succeed in a highly competitive job market. Visit our centre for trades and technology today. VCC Automotive Collision Repair & Refinishing - Visit our centre for trades and technology today. VCC's automotive training centre continues to be a leader in providing the hands-on skills that today's employers demand. VCC's Centre for Transportation Trades has been meeting the training needs of industry since 1949. Vancouver Community College entry-level and apprenticeship programs are the best in the province - giving graduates the skills to succeed in a highly competitive job market. VCC has seven automotive training centres. They are: Auto Body Technician, Collision Repair Technician, Automotive Refinishing Technician, Refinishing Prep Technician, Automotive Service Technician, Heavy Duty Mechanic, and Commercial Transport Mechanic. Vancouver Community College offers a wide variety of automotive collision repair training programs including autobody and automotive repair, autorefinishing, collision/refinishing red seal programs, autobody apprenticeship programs and everything else you need to know to repair, fix and refinish a car. The VCC automotive repair training program is the leading autobody training and career school in British Columbia. Our automotive training programs will teach you the skills necessary to build your automotive career. After completion of our automotive and autobody repair training programs, you will be qualified to work as an Auto Technician and an Autobody Painting Technician. VCC is the best post-secondary autobody, auto repair and auto refinishing school in the lower mainland. Our automotive painting, custom car painting, and autobody repair training programs will prepare you for your automotive apprenticeship, and automotive repair and refinishing career. The VCC automotive collision repair training program also offers red seal certification training programs. These programs will teach you all you need to know about "how to repair a car?" and "how to refinish a car?" so that you can have a career in autobody repair and car refinishing. Switch careers and become an Autobody Technician, an Auto body Refinishing Technician or an Auto Detailing Technician after completing the VCC auobody, refinishing and detailing courses. The VCC automotive collision repair training programs will give you the automotive training and repair programs that you need for your automotive repair and refinishing career.