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About the Automotive Training Centre

The Automotive Training Centre (ATC) was created in 1984 and since that time has helped thousands of graduates realize their dream of a career in the automotive field.

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ATC’s main purpose is:

“To provide our students with relevant, practical, job related training for their career in the automotive and transportation fields.”

We offer full and part-time programs on campus, plus home-study programs through our e-learning division. Over the years, new industry-validated automotive programs have been added in response to the growing demand for well-qualified auto professionals.

The Automotive Training Centre has serviced the automotive industry’s training needs since 1984. To keep up with the ever-evolving automotive industry’s training requirements, ATC constantly develops and updates its programs and curriculum. Our courses and programs are up to date and industry recognized. And our first-rate training centres include classrooms, advanced automotive mechanics shops, and auto body repair facilities designed to give you the hands-on training to succeed as an automotive professional.

Here are many of the reasons why you should consider starting your automotive career at the Automotive Training Centre.

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Automotive Training Centre Methodology

At ATC, all instructors have extensive experience in their field. Theory is always supported by concrete examples and participation of all students is highly encouraged. Extensive shop training will provide you with hands-on experience under the guidance of your instructor.

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Automotive Training Centre Class sizes

To ensure quality education, the number of students per program is limited. We find students get the best support and instruction with smaller class size.

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Automotive Training Centre Study hours

A number of options are available to participants, ranging from full-time day courses to part-time evening courses. Please check each program for details.

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Automotive Training Centre Job Placement Assistance

ATC has built a strong reputation for providing quality training validated by the industry. Our students are in demand and we are proud of the placement rate for graduating students. Our Counselor will assist you in finding the right career position for you.

Taylor Tietze Auto Body Collision Estimator

My grandfather started Coache Collision Ltd. in 1975, and my father began working there in 1985, as a collision estimator. My grandfather retired in 2008 leaving the company to my dad, who has owned it since then. I had only worked at the company in the summer during high school washing cars and cleaning the shop. After graduating high school, I jumped from job to job; never really happy with the different fields of work I was in. In January 2012 I went back to Coache Collision and started to do more than just wash cars, enjoying everything that I did. I soon came to the realization that this is where I belonged, and the career path I had chosen was to follow in my grandfather and father’s footsteps and join the family business.

To advance to the Collision Estimator position at Coache Collision, I was required to take a course related to the work I would be doing. After doing some research and reading many online reviews, I decided to enroll in the Auto Body Collision Estimator program at the Automotive Training Centre in Surrey, BC. This would prove to be one of the best decisions I have ever made.

The topics covered in class and the knowledge handed down were made easy to understand, and there was no stone left unturned. Even my dad, who has been in the industry for 28 years was astounded at the amount I was learning, and the rate at which I was learning it as well. I was even able to teach him a few things he didn’t already know!

Immediately, within the first week of the class, I was excited to learn, comfortable with the environment and my fellow classmates, and extremely confident in my instructor, Ward MacDougall. Ward has found a way to make the classroom a fun place to be, whilst packing in copious amounts of knowledge at the same time. His teaching methods and the way he conducted himself inside and outside the class were outstanding, and he had done for me what no other teacher had ever done before, he made me love coming to school in the morning to learn. All of the staff at ATC were extremely friendly and accommodating, making me feel comfortable every step of the way.

It’s April 2013 now and I am happily working with my dad in the family business as a Collision Estimator, and loving every minute of it. The transitions between work and school couldn’t have been smoother thanks to the work of the ATC staff, and my incredible instructor Ward. I would highly recommend ATC without hesitation to anyone looking to go into the Automotive Industry.

Thank you to all the staff at ATC and especially Ward MacDougall for making my learning experience a pleasure, and helping to jump start my career.

Graduate, Auto Body Collision Estimator program, 2013,

Taylor Tietze

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