Automechanika Frankfurt offering basic, advanced collision training

From Sept. 16-20, students, trainees, instructors and employees in the automobile trade will find a wide range of information and courses for basic and advanced training at Automechanika Frankfurt. In the Galleria, the glass structure between Halls 8 and 9, everyone interested in working in the automobile trade has the opportunity not only to learn all about the individual jobs but also to try their own hand at, e.g., panel beating, spraying a car, welding, removing a dent, etc.Eleven free workshops on collision-damage repair Given the great popularity of the bodywork and painting courses held in 2012, Automechanika Frankfurt is expanding the range of training courses at this year’s fair. Thus, there will be eleven workshops aimed at employees from collision-damage repair workshops, automobile appraisers, vocational-school teachers and instructors from independent training facilities. “Automechanika Frankfurt offers a host of outstanding workshops that, for the first time this year, will be held in English, too," says Peter Börner, President of the German Federation of Body and Automotive Engineering. "We welcome and support the work of Messe Frankfurt because the subject of basic and advanced training is very important for our sector.” The courses offered will cover virtually the entire process chain for collision repairs. The following three-hour workshops will be held free of charge from Sept. 16-20:

Damage appraisal / computer-aided estimates / communication
Personnel trained for working on high-voltage on intrinsically safe HV systems (hybrid / electric drive systems)
Exterior bodywork dent removal (without re-spraying / large areas)
Body repairs using bench-type straighteners (including electronic body alignment)
Joining techniques and equipment (bonding, riveting, welding)
Body bonding and sealing (plastic repair / body sealing seam / roof panel replacement / windscreen bonding)
Body repairs on a BMW i3 (working on carbon-reinforced plastic and aluminium body parts, as well as plastic outer-skin parts)
Spot paintwork, preparation and finish
Spot paintwork with a spray gun
Fault-memory read-out / fault diagnosis
Chassis diagnosis / camera calibration

The practice-oriented workshops are sponsored by Audatex, Akademie deutsches Kraftfahrzeugewerbe (TAK), BASF Coatings/Glasurit, Beissbarth, BMW, Robert Bosch, Carbon,
Car-O-Liner, Farécla, Festool, Henkel AG, L-Tec, Adam Opel, Sehon, Vosschemie and Wieländer + Schill.

Participation is only possible after registering in writing. Detailed descriptions of the individual training courses and the registration form can be found at training.automechanika.com.

Collision Repair Process Management Congress
For the first time, Messe Frankfurt is participating in the European ‘Collision Repair Process Management (CRPM)’ project as an Associated Partner. The project has been conducted by the Techno and Education Department of the University of Bremen together with Project Partners from six European countries. The results of the study show two EU-level stages for training as a collision-repair process manager: the technical level (core competencies) and the bachelor level (integrated competencies), which include workshop management and micro-economic analysis. The results of the project will be presented during the international ‘Collision Repair Process Management’ congress in the ‘Portalhaus’ of Frankfurt Fair and Exhibition Centre during the fair on Sept. 19. Additionally, the University of Bremen will provide information about the EU project and its areas of activity at its exhibition stand in the Galleria.

About Messe Frankfurt
Messe Frankfurt is one of the world's leading trade show organiserswith around 543 million euros in sales and 2,026 employees worldwide. The Messe Frankfurt Group has a global network of 28 subsidiaries and approx. 50 international Sales Partners, giving it a presence for its customers in more than 150 countries. Events ‘Made by Messe Frankfurt” take place at more than 30 locations around the globe. In 2013, Messe Frankfurt organised 114* trade fairs, of which more than half took place outside Germany.

Messe Frankfurt’s exhibition grounds, featuring 578,000 square metres, are currently home to ten exhibition halls and an adjacent Congress Centre. The company is publicly owned, with the City of Frankfurt holding 60 percent and the State of Hesse 40 percent.
For more information, please visit our website at: www.messefrankfurt.com

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