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The collision repair industry is antiquated. Here's how we're going to fix it.

State government, industry and education collaborate to improve collision repair.

By Patricia Harman | Updated on January 23, 2015

Auto makers are creating more sophisticated vehicles that require knowledge of the latest technologies used for state-of-the-art car repairs. A new two-year program from Fayetteville (N.C.) Technical Community College (FTCC) and the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) is a collaboration between state government, private industry and education to create a curriculum that will provide the knowledgeable technicians the collision industry requires.

Clark Plucinski, executive director for the CREF, says it’s no less than “a true paradigm shift. We have worked at a collaborative level to address the entire collision industry’s needs. This true industry partnership will assure that graduates of the program have a higher level of job readiness. FTCC’s curriculum will shape the future of education in the collision space.”

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