What you’ll learn:

• All of the parties that are involved once you pick up a quote pad and/or camera and inspect a collision-damaged vehicle.
• Job description of an estimator.
• Standard Operational Procedures.
• Practical exercises – both new and historical.
• Working with new technologies (existing & emerging).
• Using and understanding repair procedures.
• The importance of completing your “own” estimate.
• Accurately “describing’” repairs and operations.
• The estimate layout.
• Refinishing conundrums.
• Making the right choices around part selections.
• Sublet / outwork items.
• Material charges – tracking and identifying what you use.

Estimating and Damage Analysis