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Industry Training Authority


Interprovincial Standards Red Seal Program
Automotive Collision and Refinishing

-   Meeting the training needs of industry since 1949   -

Canada's premiere Automotive Collision Repair &
Automotive Refinishing Technician Training Centre


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Scholarships  New
The VCC Automotive Collision Repair & Refinishing Departments are pleased to offer two scholarships to British Columbia high school students  ...more


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Priming a Fender 

Genisis frame system 

Welding both 

Masking a vehicle 

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  • VCC Automotive Collision Repair Technician Scholarship ($500.00)
  • VCC Automotive Refinishing Prep Technician Scholarship ($500.00)

Entry Level Training (ELT) Programs

  • Collision Repair Technician Entry Level Training (ELT)  ...more
  • Refinishing-Prep Technician Entry Level Training (ELT)  ...more
  • Collision Repair Technician High School Transition (HS) ACE-IT  ...more
  • Refinishing-Prep Technician High School Transition (HS) ACE-IT  ...more

Apprenticeship Programs

  • Refinishing-Prep Technician Apprenticeship  ...more
  • Refinishing Technician Apprenticeship  ...more
  • Collision Repair Technician Apprenticeship  ...more
  • Auto Glass Installation Technician Apprenticeship  ...more
  • Online Apprenticeship Training Option - (New in 2006) ...more

Journey Person Upgrade Programs

  • Journey Person Upgrade Training  ...more
  • Online Journey Person Upgrade Training  ...more
  • Online Red Seal Review Training  ...more

Other Initiatives

  • International Training Partnerships  ...more
  • High School - Work Experience Program  ...more
  • Our facilities are used by industry for upgrade training
  • Our facilities are also used by major paint manufactures, and equipment manufacturers for state of the art training
  • Annual Industry fishing Derby  ...more


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

Still deciding on where to take your course.
If you are still deciding on a training institution for your Collision Repair, Refinishing Prep, or Painting & Refinishing course, be sure to ask all of the very important and pertinent questions so that you can make an informed decision.

To help you in decide, use our handy Training Institution Comparison Chart. pdf


See a demonstration of our digitally enhanced training tools.

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VCC Automotive Trades Presentation   Click to Advance  (.mov )

Fishing Derby Video   (.mov  02:08 min)
The derby is an annual fund raising event put on by the Automotive Collision and Refinishing industry.
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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.




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