Automotive Restoration and Customization – Finishing Certificate
Focuses on exterior repair and restoration, customization, preparation for paint, stock, and/or custom finishing.
Designed to provide entry-level knowledge and skills necessary to restore and/or customize vehicles.
Students will participate in realistic training activities as part of their educational experience and/or will work on their own projects.
Included in this program are academic courses in communication, quantitative reasoning, and social sciences that provide knowledge and abilities that enhance personal development and serve as a foundation for technical skills.
Students in Automotive Technician, Ford MLR, or Automotive Collision Technician programs must pass all program classes with a grade of “C” (2.0) or higher in order to enroll in the next quarter program courses shown on the degree or certificate education plan. To remain in the program, all students must have the required textbooks by the start of the third week of classes and the required tools by the start of the second quarter. To receive a certificate or degree in an automotive program, all courses must be completed with a “C” (2.0) GPA or higher.
Program Length
This program is approximately four to six quarters long after meeting prerequisites, depending on the time students need to satisfactorily complete all graduation requirements and prerequisites, master the skills and techniques covered, and finish a capstone project.
Admission Dates
Summer, fall, winter, and spring quarters, by instructor’s permission only.
Program Outcomes
• Operate panel forming equipment safely.
• Manufacture repair/replacement panels.
• Apply custom surface finishes.
• Disassemble projects in an organized manner.
• Assemble vehicles to restoration/show standards.
• Create replacements for obsolete parts.
• Map out repair/customizing plan.
• Perform correction of finish imperfections/defects to show or display standards.
Completion Requirements
Prerequisite(s)
Instructor Permission Only. Students must also have successfully completed the entire Automotive Collision Program or equivalent.
Program Course List
Recommended Electives
| ARCF 130 | Advanced Paint Application | 4-6 |
| ARCF 133 | Fiberglass/Composites Techniques | 4-6 |
| ARCF 159 | Metal Straightening & Shaping | 4-6 |
| ARCF 170 | Custom Refinishing Special Projects | 4-6 |