Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes offers training sessions that provide collision repair industry professionals advanced knowledge in their field. The company recently announced its latest third quarter 2014 collision repair industry courses and training sites that will be available from July 1 through September 30, 2014.
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; and Painter Certification.
Additional shop management and business-building courses will also be offered: Key Process indicators (KPIs); 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 2014 third quarter schedule for training centers, dates, specific course descriptions and locations, are listed below:
Training Center | Date | Training Course Description | No. of days |
Philadelphia | 7/2/14 | Estimating Solutions for Profit | 1 |
Philadelphia | 7/3/14 | Improving Workshop Efficiency | 1/2 day |
Philadelphia | 7/3/14 | Achieve Service Excellence | 1/2 day |
Philadelphia | 7/7/14 | AWX Performance Plus Application & Color Simplicity | 2 |
Reno | 7/8/14 | Color Adjustment & Blending | 3 |
Reno | 7/9/14 | Estimating Solutions for Profit | 1/2 day |
Reno | 7/9/14 | Improving Workshop Efficiency | 1/2 day |
Chicago | 7/15/14 | Estimating Solutions for Profit | 1 |
Chicago | 7/16/14 | Achieving Service Excellence | 1 |
Chicago | 7/17/14 | Improving Performance with KPIs | 1/2 day |
Chicago | 7/21/14 | Color Adjustment & Blending | 3 |
Chicago | 7/21/14 | AWX Performance Plus Waterborne Painter Certification | 3 |
Reno | 7/21/14 | AWX Performance Plus Waterborne Painter Certification | 3 |
Atlanta | 8/4/14 | Painter Certification | 3 |
Dallas | 8/4/14 | Painter Certification | 3 |
Philadelphia | 8/4/14 | Painter Certification | 3 |
Philadelphia | 8/7/14 | ATX Refinish System Painter Certification | 2 |
Atlanta | 8/11/14 | Color Adjustment & Blending | 3 |
Philadelphia | 8/11/14 | AWX Performance Plus Application & Color Simplicity | 2 |
Philadelphia | 8/28/14 | Estimating Solutions for Profit | 1 |
Philadelphia | 8/29/14 | Improving Workshop Efficiency | 1/2 day |
Philadelphia | 8/29/14 | Achieving Service Excellence | 1/2 day |
Chicago | 9/15/14 | Painter Certification | 3 |
Chicago | 9/15/14 | Fleet CFR | 3 |
Philadelphia | 9/15/14 | Fleet CFR | 3 |
Reno | 9/15/14 | AWX Performance Plus Waterborne Painter Certification | 3 |
Atlanta | 9/16/14 | Estimating Solutions for Profit | 1 |
Atlanta | 9/17/14 | Improving Workshop Efficiency | 1/2 day |
Atlanta | 9/17/14 | Achieving Service Excellence | 1/2 day |
Reno | 9/22/14 | Color Adjustment & Blending | 3 |
Chicago | 9/24/14 | Estimating Solutions for Profit | 1 |
Chicago | 9/25/14 | Improving Performance with KPIs | 1/2 day |
Philadelphia | 9/25/14 | Estimating Solutions for Profit | 1 |
Reno | 9/25/14 | Fleet CFR | 3 |
Philadelphia | 9/26/14 | Improving Workshop Efficiency | 1/2 day |
Philadelphia | 9/26/14 | Achieving Service Excellence | 1/2 day |
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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