1. Automotive Collision Technology
Program Review Presentation
April 29th, 2015

2. Program Description
Provides students with instruction to develop career skills for job placement and advancement within the collision repair industry.
Authentic industry environment allows students to develop their technical skills during lab.
Partnered with the I-CAR industry alliance which provides the most current automotive collision repair procedures and training.
The department offers the ACT 298 Work Experience course which offers students internships within the local industry and assists with cultivating employability skills.
Brief Description of your program. Who are you? One Slide, 2 minutes

3. Benchmarks How do we know the program is successful?
An Automotive Collision Industry based advisory board meets with the Auto Collision Technology Department chair person to discuss the validity of our curriculum to the current industry requirements.
Monthly visits and telephone calls are conducted to Northern and Central California Businesses to ensure that ARC Automotive Collision Technology’s path and educational direction is aligned with I-CAR.
Accurate assessments via testing and scoring provide us with a baseline for the individual student’s learning ability.
Auto Collision Technology student success rate is higher than the average of the overall college. Students who receive and A in Auto Collision Technology are % and those who receive a B are %.
Multiple Auto Collision Technology graduates are excelling in their careers, and are well respected by their peers and employers.

4. Program -- Strengths
The Auto Collision Technology program allows the students to begin their career path relationship with I-CAR, providing them access to current, new and upcoming industry procedures along with certification testing.
Currently offers 4 certificates that are specific to estimating, non-structural repair, structural repair, and refinishing; also an overall certificate and an A.S. degree in Automotive Collision Technology.
Students are trained with the highest grade of materials available, to ensure the hands-on lab experience can reach its full potential.
Extensive performance evaluations are utilized on skill sets to develop a solid foundation for the students’ future careers in the industry and advanced learning.
Routine contact with local collision repair businesses is maintained to keep up to date with their needs and trends.

5. Program -- Challenges
Marked increase of students enrolled who do not possess the necessary grade level of reading, writing, and communication skills.
Significant financial constraints leading to a lack of instructional and support staff, creating an inability to offer all of the required courses for the students to be able to complete our programs in the normal allotted timeframe; ample FTE and staff funding is imperative.
Lack of the availability of vehicles manufactured from 2005 to current.
Lack of square footage to allow for aluminum specific repairs to eliminate the cross contamination of metals, a separate area for unibody straightening equipment, a separate area for welding equipment, a separate area for mechanical repairs, and a separate area for refinishing procedures.

6. Planning Implications
Students enrolling should be evaluated to confirm they possess the necessary grade grade levels of reading, writing, and communication skills.
Acquire more FTE and staff funding to allow all of the required classes in the Automotive Collision Technology curriculum to be offered concurrently.
Establish a mechanism to acquire lab vehicles manufactured from 2005 to current.
Obtain the remaining 3rd of our existing building at Missile Way, or relocate our program to a larger facility.