While best practice methods may be familiar to technicians skilled at welding, the temptation to get the job done faster can often eclipse the important benefits of heat management. A quick review of proper butt-welding and plug-welding heat management techniques will help keep those best practices top of mind.

The seminars will help collision shops improve productivity, write more thorough estimates and gain a greater understanding of how new Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) colors are developed.

Even if your shop's state legislature isn't working on any collision repair bills, keeping up with what's happening in other states may give you or your state association ideas on what type of laws to work on – or watch out for – while your elected representatives meet.

The training shops know they need becomes secondary to the immediate problem at hand. As I write this I know there are shops that have procrastinated on their I-CAR and OEM certifications and are trying to figure out how to get all the training they need crammed into the last quarter of the year.