PROGRAM · 40 HOURS · 1 WEEK
PDR in one week.
A focused 40-hour week in the shop: light reading and tool point location, small lows through deep dents, eyebrows and crowns, glue pulling, and the estimating and hail pricing guides, taught at instructional level with a Technical Certificate.
- Instructional level
- Technical Certificate
- Introduction to paintless dent repair through real-world damage
WHO IT IS FOR
Built for a specific technician.
Built for those who want to brush up or hone their skills using the latest techniques and technology in collision repair, including working autobody techs and collision shops adding PDR.
WHY THIS LENGTH
What 40 hours gets you.
One week is the fastest way to find out whether PDR is for you, or to put a structured foundation under skills you have picked up on the job. Every exercise below is run on real panels and real damage, with drill-free access techniques and estimating included. Technicians who want to go deeper continue to the 4-week or 8-week tracks.
COURSE COMPETENCIES · 25 ITEMS
What you'll master.
Every program is competency-based. This is the complete list of skills you train on in the 1 Week PDR program, measured against a published standard rather than seat time.
- Produce Paintless Dent Repair Technicians that demonstrate the level of skill and expertise required to meet emerging industry standards.
- Establish industry certification that credentials high levels of expertise required to produce flawless repairs, ready for factory inspection.
- Develop and maintain program curriculum based on performance-based learning principles, resulting in documented competency attainment according to current industry quality standards.
- Introduction to paintless dent repair
- Demonstration on different types of dents
- Metal characteristics: aluminum, domestic and high strength steels
- PDR light exercises: tool point location training
- Exercises for removing small lows
- Exercises for medium size dents
- Remove quarter size dents under braces and in the open areas
- Perfecting small and medium size damage: finishing exercises
- Begin to remove deeper and larger sized dents: stress points
- Perfecting deeper and larger size damage: starting and finishing techniques
- Exercises for eyebrows, crowns and bodyline damage
- Elimination of high points, smiles, crowns using dent hammer and blending tap down
- Review techniques for all panels of the vehicle to ensure “drill-free” access
- Work on all panels of vehicles on a variety of different types of dents: real world damage
- Exercises for aluminum and high strength steel
- Proper tool selection for a variety of damage
- Finishing techniques including the removal of micro lows and color sanding & buffing
- Glue pulling & blending techniques
- Estimating: guidelines for minor and extreme estimating
- Hail Pricing and Estimating Guide training
- Small taps, small pushes: one dent at a time thinking
- Miracle system training: glue pulling
TRAINING SPECIFICS
How the program runs.
- Experienced instructors who give individualized guidance
- The latest PDR tools and equipment on site for hands-on practice
- Comprehensive course material covering a wide range of topics
- The chance to network with other PDR professionals
- Ongoing support from our staff throughout your training period
COMPARE PROGRAMS
Five programs. One standard.
Every program awards the same Technical Certificate. What changes is how far you take it. See the full training and pricing page.
QUESTIONS
1 Week PDR, answered.
ENROLL
Start the 1 Week PDR program.
Call 720.716.4301, request the catalog, or send us your dates and we will plan the training around them.