What are your views on accreditation? Do you think it goes too far? Not far enough? Do you disagree with the entire concept, or is it the specifics that stick in your craw?

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what a pile of crap. if anyone thinks this will change anything maybe they should wake up. or maybe it is job creation for someone. are they university educated or have they been in the trade for many years??
all the tools & training, money and facility mean nothing unless you have quality people and quality management that take pride in quality workmanship. all your rules and regulations can't breed this into people
it seems like most (not all) of these people are tired of working for peanuts
and have left our industriy to better paying and healthier jobs.i think we all know how this as come to be!!!

ACCREDITATION THAT

I have to assume accreditation means that to qualify as a collision repair centre, the facility meets a certain standard in order to become designated as one.
In the same manner, a collision repair technician recieves
recognition ( via certificate of qualification)as one, once they achieve a certain standard of competence through skills development by way of training.
Automobile manufacturers set guidelines for standards of repair process to determine, that once met ,the vehicle has been restored to a similar condition as prior to an accident.
Presumably the intent of all these standards put into place act as an assurance to the consumer that when their car is involved in an accident their damaged vehicle can be repaired by such recognized centres which employ certified technicians with the capability of restoring vehicles to factory pre accident conditions.
Without an enforceable process in place for defining the
standards each type of service a facility must meet,the level of skills competence available and the delivery of service levels to produce a factory quality repair how else can the average motorist be protected from substandard shoddy repairs

Let's think about this for a minute. If you're needing surgery performed, are you going to look for the most qualified and accredited doctor; Or one that holds no credentials? I think that most of us would prefer the best doctor that we can find for a major surgery. Why then, would you not look for the best Collision Shop to repair your vehicle? Maybe we should, as cars kill a lot more people then doctors do.

With that said, I think we must be seen as the true high-tech professionals that we are and paid accordingly. It takes a highly trained technician with many different skills and the abilities to stay up with the past paced changes in the industry.

So I believe that pride, quality workmanship, skills, proper training and accreditation all have their place in this industry.

Excellent post. More people should think like you.