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California Motor Vehicle Glass Act sent to governor with right to choose repair shop amendments
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (339+ words) Senate Bill 988, the California Motor Vehicle Glass Act, is headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom for his signature following concurring amendments of both houses of the legislature that include the first-party claimant’s right to choose their preferred motor vehicle glass repair…...
TechForce: More than 73,000 collision techs needed by 2029, retention partially to blame
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (920+ words) The U.S. economy is short roughly 140,000 skilled technicians a year, and the gap is widening, with 73,354 new collision repair entrant technicians needed by 2029, according to the TechForce Foundation’s new “Technician Supply, Demand & Opportunity Report.” The latest edition of the report expands…...
AutoAuth certification program expanded to technicians and tools
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (538+ words) OmniTrust has expanded its AutoAuth program to provide security verification options for individual technicians and tools. “We are all about trust throughout the transportation ecosystem from the vehicle to the aftermarket to everywhere in between,” David Sequino, AutoAuth president and…...
I-CAR to launch ‘Mixed Reality Repair Planning’ training using virtual reality
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (311+ words) I-CAR says it will soon launch a new way for estimators and repair planners to learn who are pursuing ProLevel 2 recognition. Mixed Reality Repair Planning will provide essential repair planning process skills and support high-quality repair outcomes, according to an…...
CCC, CREF survey finds young students and professionals view collision industry positively
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (349+ words) CCC Intelligent Solutions and the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) have published a workforce study based on a survey of students and young professionals that shows they hold a positive perception of the collision repair industry, according to a press…...
Instructors share how shops can get involved to bring more students into collision repair
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (1094+ words) Two collision repair instructors encouraged shops and the industry as a whole to get involved with their local schools and help where they can with hands-on learning to train the next generation of technicians. Raven Luna, discipline lead of Collision…...
DC Journal piece: REPAIR Act about insurance and parts companies controlling consumer decisions
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (710+ words) Justin Lewis, owner of Accurate Auto Body in Redmond, Washington, penned an opinion piece for DC Journal that cuts to the chase of who and what is behind the REPAIR Act. “They call it ‘right to repair,’ but what big…...