News and Announcements

• National Auto Body Council PRIDE Award Recipients:  The Cerritos College Auto Collision Repair Program students were recipients of the prestigious PRIDE award at the NACE (International Autobody Congress and Exposition) held in November 2005 in Las Vegas. 

  • click here to see the article written at the NABC website, and click here to see pictures of the project completed in over 1500 hours of hard work by students and faculty.  Congratulations to the Auto Collision Repair Students.

• Eurocar Collision Repair Training began in the Cerritos College Auto Collision Repair Program on August 16th 2004.  The unique processes used to repair European Vehicles involved in collisions have been embedded in the training program sponsored by dozens of Southern California collision repair shops.  Students are also offered paid internships to work side-by-side with experienced technicians in between their scheduled classes. Click on the link above to get a detailed overview of this exciting training program unique to Cerritos College.

  • View a Talon Marks article written regarding the donation of two 2004 BMW 3 Series Coupes to this program. 

  • Classes continue each semester on campus - check campus schedule for enrollment information.

  • Key sponsor in the Eurocar Technician Training Program is Eurocar Bench Systems Inc. - EBS has provided tremendous support in equipment, technology, training, and in providing the financial support to repaint the Auto Collision Repair Facility in the Spring 2005 semester. 

  • Go to their website and have a look at some of the expertise they bring to the program at Cerritos College - they also have a link to our page from their home page.

• Rome Technologies On-campus training of this leading shop management software starts again each spring semester held weekly evenings from 6 to 10 pm.

  • Rome CompleteShop is a leading developer and producer of the collision repair shop management software named CompleteShop.  Rome has partnered with Cerritos College Auto Collision Repair Program to provide their software and support for our program and began training in the Fall Semester of 2002.  Rome conducts a ONE DAY training seminar each year  in the Teleconference Center in the Learning Resource Center (LRC) on campus. Download and print event flier (PDF format).  Saturday from 8am to 4pm.   Annual regional training seminars like this event are held on campus at Cerritos College. Check it out.

• Integrated Collision Management (ICM) is a developer and producer of collision repair shop management software.  ICM has partnered with Cerritos College to provide their software (AutoMate) and support for our Collision Repair Program began training in the Fall Semester of 2002. 

  • If you are not familiar with "AutoMate" or the latest update of their software package, consider enrolling in AB 285 Collision Repair Management check "Course Offerings" for the next scheduled class.  Click HERE to go directly to the ICM Website and get an overview of their products and services as well as other computerized shop management systems.  We look forward to seeing you in class. 

• Chief Automotive Systems Training is currently underway at Cerritos College in a Regional Training Collaborative.  The first Computer Measuring Training class finished in May 2002.  Fall 2002 classes were held on Saturdays, 4 weeks in a row. AB 59B Unibody Analysis and Repair Planning, followed 4-weeks later by AB 59C Full-Frame Analysis and Repair Planning, followed by AB 59A Computerized Measuring Training.  Check it out... 

  • The first Chief Automotive Systems course  offered was AB 59A Computerized Measuring Training in the 2nd 9 week session of the Spring 2002 semester and just finished it's most recent offering in Fall 2005.  This class met on Thursday evenings from 6-10pm for nine evenings.  Training includes use of the computerized measuring software and laser-measuring equipment on full-size vehicles. Check here for details.  Check "Course Offererings" for the next available class.

  • Chief Automotive Systems Inc. and Cerritos College held an Open House (click to open) in the Auto Collision Repair Program area December 5, 2001 from 5 to 7 PM in AT 60.  Check out the photos from the event. 

• Sheet Metal Fabrication Class starts again next summer.  Classes started in Spring 2003 - check HERE for more information regarding current or future sections, and check HERE to view photos from our sheet metal fabrication tour in February 2002.

  • Field Trip to Mazda Research and Development - Irvine: AB 52/58 (Robertson) and AB 62/68 (Asperen) that met on T+Th from 1-5pm visited the Mazda R&D center in Irvine on Tuesday.  Both classes car-pooled and met directly at the site at 3:30 sharp.  This was a rare and excellent opportunity for students and faculty from over 3 separate departments to see how cars go from initial artist's rendering to finished prototype.  For a flier from the event, click here. (Acrobat PDF file).