State Farm and I-CAR partner on welding initiative

The program offers Select Service businesses the opportunity to easily register for welding training directly through a provided link on their websites, at newly reduced price levels. 

 

“We believe welding proficiency benefits State Farm policyholders by providing quality repairs to policyholder vehicles,” says Russ Hoffbauer, P&C Claims Director from State Farm, “While participating in the I-CAR Welding Certification is not mandatory for Select Service repairers, we anticipate that repairers will be eager to take advantage of this unique opportunity.”

 

Repairers who participate in I-CAR’s Welding Training & Certification program will receive an assessment of shop infrastructure and equipment that includes coaching and trouble-shooting, ensuring readiness for a successful training event. Once a shop passes the assessment, each student in class will receive personal instruction, have the ability to practice on the equipment that they use in-shop every day, then apply their skills and demonstrate through a certification test that they have a confirmed level of welding skills.

 

“I commend State Farm for working with I-CAR to develop this initiative that supports the industry’s need to better prepare repairers for the welding required today and in the future,” says I-CAR CEO & President, John Van Alstyne. “I-CAR is committed to training more of the industry on this critical skill and providing increasingly accessible and affordable welding training. The increased level of industry welding training encouraged by State Farm’s initiative was a major catalyst behind the industry-wide reduced welding course pricing that I-CAR is announcing.”

 

I-CAR’s vision is that every person in the collision repair industry has the necessary knowledge and skills to perform a complete, safe and quality repair.

 

I-CAR currently offers three Welding Training & Certification courses: Aluminum GMA (MIG) Welding, Steel GMA (MIG) Welding and Steel Sectioning. These industry-recognized welding courses, which are designed specifically for the type of advanced and technically challenging welding the collision repair industry performs, have been developed in partnership with the collision repair industry and numerous professional welding experts.