Automotive Collision Estimator, Microcredential, Part-time
| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2024-01-01 | - |
| 2024-04-01 | - |
| 2024-09-01 | - |
Program Overview
This microcredential program in Automotive Collision Estimating provides students with the skills to create accurate estimates for collision repairs. It covers customer service, auto body methodology, insurance regulations, and estimating techniques. The program is offered at BCIT's Burnaby Campus and prepares students for careers in the collision repair industry.
Program Outline
Outline:
Program Matrix
Required Courses
| Course | Credits | Description | |---|---|---| | ABOD 1202: Introduction to Automotive Collision Estimating | 4.5 | Prepares students to enter the field of collision estimating, focusing on customer service and communication skills, auto body methodology, insurance regulations, estimating techniques, and an introduction to collision estimating software. | | ABOD 1204: Essentials of Automotive Collision Estimating | 4.5 | Continues from ABOD 1202, covering advanced vehicle systems, insurance regulations, collision damage diagnosis, and customer service, with an emphasis on creating estimates using collision estimating software. |
Total Credits:
9.0
Assessment:
The minimum passing grade is 70%.
Teaching:
Program Location
- Burnaby Campus
- 3700 Willingdon Avenue
- Burnaby, BC
Faculty
- Nathan James, Department Head
- Tel: 604-456-1039
- Email: njames@bcit.ca
Careers:
This microcredential combines customer handling and basic automotive collision knowledge skills toward perfecting collision repair estimates required in the industry to meet the needs of various stakeholders. The collision repair industry has recognized that repair estimating skills are changing with the introduction of battery electric vehicles and advanced driver-assistance technologies. Estimating software is also changing to meet the requirements of the changing automotive technologies—drastically enough that both new and upskilling professionals will benefit from the learning content, which aims to meet the demands of insurance providers, business owners, and collision repair technicians.
