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PACE+ST3
Learning basic skills, receiving hands on work experience, and establishing a solid foundation will open doors to new opportunities. Collision repair work can be very rewarding, provide job security in a high-demand trade, and set the stage for future career choices. The I-CAR Education Foundation, along with many industry partners, has developed a fast-paced training program to fuel the industry and its future, PACE+ST3. (PACE+ST3 stands for People Actively Creating Employability Thru Short-Term Task Training.) The program is dedicated to providing students with competency-based collision repair training, and will enable the collision repair shop owners to hire high quality interns that can perform entry-level tasks in a competent manner with little or no supervision. The PACE+ST3 initiative gives career and technical instructors direction, attracting students at an early age and ensuring students are taught basic skills during their junior year, so they can intern in a collision repair business during that of their junior year. *Upon graduation, a student/intern may be hired by the business in which he/she interned or other business (full time) or may continue their education in a specialized post-secondary collision repair training program. With everyone working together in their local market areas, PACE+ST3 can be an effective method of filling a critical shortage of entry-level collision repair technicians. Vision: Collision repair businesses will be able to hire properly educated and trained candidates that can perform entry-level tasks in a competent manner with little or no supervision. Mission: To provide students with competency-based collision repair training for entry-level tasks and work experience through internships in collision repair businesses.
The I-CAR Education Foundation was created in 1991 to solve a problem. The collision repair industry was facing a critical shortage of entry-level employees. The career and technical education system was not turning out enough quality graduates, and the industry’s poor image was hampering its ability to attract quality students. The Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that is working to secure donations that support philanthropic and collision repair education activities that promote and enhance career opportunities in the industry. The Foundation provides the most advanced curriculum, instructor training, research, and related services to career and technical education. Apply Now Complete and email an Excel version of the application form to pacest3@i-car.com or Print, complete, and fax an application form to 1.800.590.1215 For question, please contact Melissa Marscin at 1.888.722.3787 ext. 282 or email
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Choosing a career is an important life decision. However, this decision is different from the past where one learned a trade and then did that until retirement. Today, we have more opportunities. Collision repair technology is ever changing with many opportunities and a variety of career paths to explore.
