What brought you into the Collision Repair Industry?

by Bill Sefcek | Jul 21, 2021 | Crash Optics

What brought you into the Collision Repair Industry?

Written by Bill Sefcek

Jul 21, 2021

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July 21, 2021

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Collision Repair Technician 5 Minute Survey

What is your role in the company you are currently working for?

Administration, Paint, Body, Estimating?

What did you see in the Collision Repair Industry that had you make a career in it?

Give a short answer with the

What or who has been your greatest influence in your life, business or personal?

How do you feel about the involvement of the OEM’s in the repair process?

Do you feel there is a strong enough emphasis on training in the industry?

A yes or no question.

Yes I feel there is adequate training in the Collision Repair Industry. No there is a serious lack of training in the Collision Repair Industry.

What is your number one environmental and cultural need?

What provides you the most satisfaction in your workday?

What gives you the most satisfaction in your tool to task duties?

What is your number one challenge in the workplace?

What do you see as the number one challenge for the industry?

Do you feel there is a strong enough emphasis on training in the industry?

How do you see the Collision Repair Industries future?

What keeps you in it ?

Describe briefly what keeps you in the Collision Repair Industry.

Would you be willing to let us contact you to ask you some additional questions?

If ok, please enter your name, email and phone number.

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What is your role in the company you are currently working for?

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Administration
admin
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What did you see in the Collision Repair Industry that had you make a career in it?

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A way to make a living. When I was younger I enjoyed working on cars.
Helping customers get a quality repair
constant change
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What or who has been your greatest influence in your life, business or personal?

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Jesus first. My dad second
Father
not sure
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How do you feel about the involvement of the OEM’s in the repair process?

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There's another way? Lol. We as Technicians need to follow all repair procedures.
This is the best a proper way
makes sense given proper documentation to back it up
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Do you feel there is a strong enough emphasis on training in the industry?

Yes I feel there is adequate training in the Collision Repair Industry. - 25.00%

No there is a serious lack of training in the Collision Repair Industry. - 75.00%

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Yes I feel there is adequate training in the Collision Repair Industry.	1
No there is a serious lack of training in the Collision Repair Industry.	3

What is your number one environmental and cultural need?

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Help , we don't have enuff people that are willing to learn and work hard at doing the hard work. Its VERY hard on the people that do.
Equal opportunity
efficient process
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What provides you the most satisfaction in your workday?

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Moving cars in the line
Having a customer leave ecstatic with there car back to pre-crash condition
completing jobs with little issue
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What gives you the most satisfaction in your tool to task duties?

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Having to not buy the tools we have like in a regular shop.
Staying organized.
not sure
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What is your number one challenge in the workplace?

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Staff.... we don't have enuff key workers in the right spots
Being completely honest with customers
rework
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What do you see as the number one challenge for the industry?

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Having experienced technicians and keeping them. Also how to keep from getting burned out.
rushing to complete the job which overall hurts the company and the customer.
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Do you feel there is a strong enough emphasis on training in the industry?

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No. Its always do the bare minimum just to keep a status.
No. People have to BS there way in this industry and do not get proper training. Even years after being in the position. They just get better at being a good BS'er
not as much as there should be
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How do you see the Collision Repair Industries future?

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A strong need for new technicians and dealer repair procedures
Less self owned and more certified collision repair centers.
growing and requiring more training
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What keeps you in it ?

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I like to see the finished product. Its easier to get burned out the longer I've been in this industry. Seeing the cars finished and talking to happy customers about what a great job we do.
Customer satisfaction.
it's a reliable field that is always going to be around. Every job and every insurance is different so you have the opportunity each day to do something new.
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Would you be willing to let us contact you to ask you some additional questions?

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No. Thank you.
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