Surrey Campus
Refinishing Prep Technician
If you love working on cars and want a secure career with good pay, forget about any other auto body and paint school. Go with the best: Automotive Training Center.

- Description
Discover why Refinishing Prep Technician Courses Lead to Great Careers
Job security is assured because the demand for collision repair is consistent in good times and bad. Put simply, cars are always going to collide and that means there will always be a demand for well-trained graduates of collision repair schools.
Even as an apprentice, you can expect good pay, which means you will be earning while you are learning.
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- Auto body repair painting offers many exciting career paths
- Many doors open when you learn how to paint a car
- Auto Body Certification with ATC as your Auto Body Repair School
Admissions Requirements:
Applicants must meet the following requirements prior to acceptance into the program.
- The minimum entrance requirements are 19 years of age prior to the start of the study and/or graduation from Grade 12 (or equivalent).
- Satisfy one of the following language proficiency requirements:
- Completion of three years of full-time secondary (grades 8-12), or two years if the grades are 10, 11, 12, in English, in a country where English is one of the principal languages (Countries list can be found here: https://www.autotrainingcentre.com/automechanic-auto-body-school-surrey/english-language-requirements-for-international-students)
- This may be demonstrated by providing a high school transcript, completion of a BC Adult Graduation program, or providing international education credentials recognized through WES, ICES, or IQAS.
- Completion of two years of full-time post-secondary education, in English, in a country where English is one of the principal languages ** (includes international education credentials recognized through WES, ICES, IQAS.)
- Language development courses (i.e., ELL courses) cannot be included in this calculation.
- Provide verified results for one of the English language proficiency tests listed below. Test results must be dated no more than two years before the start date of the program.
Mature student applicants:
- If the applicant is 19 years or older at the start of the program and is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident who cannot access their educational records or provide sufficient evidence of secondary or post-secondary education as described above, then:
- Provide attestation that they have completed at least three years of full-time instruction in English in a country where English is one of the principal languages, and
- Complete an Accuplacer English Assessment (Next Generation Reading, Writing, WritePlacer) with these minimum scores:
- Reading 230
- Writing 230
- WritePlacer 4
English language proficiency tests:
- International English Language Testing System (IELTS academic, IELTS general, IELTS academic online)
- Overall score of 5.5 minimum
- Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL iBT or TOEFL iBT Home Edition)
- Overall score of 46 minimum
- Canadian Academic English language Assessment (CAEL or CAEL Online)
- Overall score of 40 minimum
- Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program (CELPIP General or CELPIP Online)
- Scores of listening 6, speaking 6, reading 5, writing 5 minimum
- Duolingo English test (DET)
- Overall score of 95 minimum
- Pearson test of English (PTE) academic
- Overall score of 43 minimum
- Cambridge English qualifications B2 first exam (FCE)
- Overall score of 160 or “C” minimum
- Cambridge linguaskill
- Overall level of B2 minimum
- LanguageCert academic
- Overall level of B2 minimum
- The Michigan English test (MET)
- Overall level of B2 minimum
- iTep academic
- Overall score of 3.5 minimum
- Eiken
- Placement of Grade Pre-1 minimum
*This program has been approved by the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIRU) of Ministry of Advanced Education.
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