Participants will learn through a combination of classroom, digital, and hands-on settings at various metropolitan Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes training centers, according to Rod Habel, Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Director of Training Operations. “Our hands-on and digital classroom training is available to all shop owners, managers, painters, and technicians, who can choose to advance their business-building, production-excellence and/or paint application techniques, as needed.”
He noted that the following hands-on, paint and processes application-based courses will be offered during the first quarter: AWX Performance Plus™ Waterborne Refinish System; Color Adjustment and Blending; Fleet CFR; and Painter Certification.
Additional shop management and business-building courses will also be offered: Achieving Service Excellence; Improving Workshop Efficiency; and Estimating Solutions for Profit.
Habel says the Sherwin-Williams philosophy of lean operations is common to all its classes, “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.”
Further details regarding the 2015 second quarter schedule for training centers, dates, specific course descriptions and locations, are listed below:
Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes 2015 2nd Quarter Training Schedule
| Training Center | Date | Training Course Description |
| Atlanta | 4/20/15 | Painter Certification |
| Atlanta | 4/20/15 | Color Adjustment & Blending |
| Atlanta | 6/1/15 | AWX Performance Plus Waterborne Painter Certification |
| Atlanta | 6/10/15 | Estimating Solutions for Profit |
| Atlanta | 6/11/15 | Improving Workshop Efficiency |
| Atlanta | 6/11/15 | Achieving Service Excellence |
| Atlanta | 6/15/15 | Painer Certification |
| Burr Ridge | 4/23/15 | Estimating Solutions for Profit |
| Burr Ridge | 5/12/15 | AWX Performance Plus Waterborne Painter Certification |
| Burr Ridge | 5/19/15 | Fleet CFR |
| Burr Ridge | 6/1/15 | Painer Certification |
| Dallas | 4/27/15 | Painer Certification |
| Dallas | 6/29/15 | Painer Certification |
| Philadelphia | 5/4/15 | Painer Certification |
| Philadelphia | 5/27/15 | Fleet CFR |
| Philadelphia | 6/23/15 | Painer Certification |
| Philadelphia | 6/29/15 | Color Match Simplicity |
| Philadelphia | 6/30/15 | Estimating Solutions for Profit |
| Reno | 4/20/15 | Color Adjustment and Blending |
| Reno | 4/20/15 | Estiimating Solutions for Profits |
| Reno | 4/21/15 | Achieving Service Excellence |
| Reno | 4/21/15 | Improving Workshop Efficiency |
| Reno | 4/27/15 | AWX Performance Plus Waterborne Painter Certification |
| Reno | 5/4/15 | Fleet CFR |
| Reno | 5/12/15 | Painter Certification |
For more information about Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes training visit its training section at http://www.sherwin-automotive.com/collision-repair/training-support/ or call 1-800-SWULTRA (1-800-798-5872).
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