Participants will learn through a combination of classroom, digital, and hands-on settings at the various metropolitan Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes training centers. Training is designed for and available to shop owners, managers, painters, and technicians; all of whom can also choose to advance their business-building, production-excellence and/or paint application techniques, as needed.
The following hands-on, paint and processes application-based courses will be offered during the fourth quarter:
· AWX Performance Plus™ Waterborne Refinish System
· Color Adjustment and Blending
· Painter Certification
Additional shop management and business-building courses will also be offered:
· Improving Performance with KPIs
· Achieving Service Excellence
· Estimating Solutions for Profit
“All of our courses this year reflect the Sherwin-Williams philosophy of lean operations,” says Rod Habel, Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Director of Training Operations. “We’re always seeking to introduce concepts that support sustainable practices, increase productivity and minimize or even eliminate waste - all factors that are necessary to the success of a collision center.”
The upcoming curriculum has a strong emphasis on the company’s breakthrough AWX Performance Plus waterborne coatings technology. The system provides excellent color match, quick flash times between coats and requires minimal time in, or even eliminates, the baking cycle. Other classes focusing on painting excellence, including hands-on application techniques, include its ULTRA 7000®, Dimensions® and ATX™ refinish systems, as well as its Genesis® fleet refinishing systems.
Further details regarding the 2014 fourth quarter schedule for training centers, dates, specific course descriptions and locations, are listed below:
| Training Center | Date | Training Course | Number of Days | Location |
| Atlanta | 10/6/2014 | AWX Performance Plus Color Adjustment & Blending | 3 | Atlanta Training Center |
| Atlanta | 10/13/2014 | Painter Certification | 3 | Atlanta Training Center |
| Atlanta | 10/20/2014 | Color Adjustment and Blending | 3 | Atlanta Training Center |
| Atlanta | 10/27/2014 | AWX Performance Plus Waterborne Painter Certification | 3 | Atlanta Training Center |
| Atlanta | 12/1/2014 | Fleet CFR | 3 | Atlanta Training Center |
| Chicago | 11/3/2014 | Painter Certification | 3 | Burr Ridge Training Center |
| Chicago | 12/8/2014 | Color Adjustment and Blending | 3 | Burr Ridge Training Center |
| Chicago | 12/9/2014 | Estimating Solutions for Profit | 1 | Burr Ridge Training Center |
| Chicago | 12/10/2014 | Improving Performance with KPIs | 1/2 day | Burr Ridge Training Center |
| Chicago | 12/11/2014 | Achieving Service Excellence | 1 | Burr Ridge Training Center |
| Dallas | 12/1/2014 | Painter Certification | 3 | Dallas Training Center |
| Dallas | 12/15/2014 | Painter Certification | 3 | Dallas Training Center |
| Philadelphia | 10/6/2014 | AWX Performance Plus Application & Color Simplicity | 2 | Philadelphia Training Center |
| Philadelphia | 10/8/2014 | Perfecting Plastic Refinishing, Final Finishing & Masking Techniques | 1 | Philadelphia Training Center |
| Philadelphia | 10/13/2014 | Color Adjustment and Blending | 3 | Philadelphia Training Center |
| Philadelphia | 11/3/2014 | Painter Certification | 3 | Philadelphia Training Center |
| Philadelphia | 12/1/2014 | Painter Certification | 3 | Philadelphia Training Center |
| Philadelphia | 12/15/2014 | AWX Performance Plus Application & Color Simplicity | 2 | Philadelphia Training Center |
| Reno | 10/27/2014 | Fleet CRF | 3 | Reno Training Center |
For more information about Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes training visit www.sherwin-automotive.com or call 1-800-798-5872.
The Sherwin-Williams Company, founded in 1866, is one of the world's leading companies in the manufacture, distribution and sale of coatings and related products to professional, industrial, commercial and retail customers. Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes, a division of The Sherwin-Williams Company, manufactures and distributes a complete line of advanced technology paint and coating systems for automotive and fleet refinishing industries.
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