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- I chose Caldwell Community College
because it was a perfect place
to come here and really learn how to
prep cars for paint, how to
... taped up and get'em ready,
and primer them and paint 'em.
- I chose the autobody program
here because I would love to have
a certification and diploma in autobody
and eventually take on my dad's business
in Newton, North Carolina.
- [Keith] We offer several programs here,
we have a diploma program,
a certificate program,
and we also have a continuing ed program.
Now, you asked me what
these programs mean.
The certificate program is
for somebody who wants to come
and try to get a job
real quick in the field.
And what that does, it helps
get your foot in the door.
A certificate pretty much
will get you in the doors
doing a lot of detailing,
taping, stuff like that.
Your diploma program, everybody asks me
what the difference is,
your diploma program
is more intense.
It's a year-long program.
If you take all the classes
like they're laid out
you can be done in a year.
And what that does, it'll
take you entry-level
into going into a body shop.
And people always ask me, what
kind of people do you have?
A lotta need for the people
in the body shop program.
And everybody's calling me all the time.
These shops want people to come work.
There are several areas.
Everybody thinks when you
come to the body shop program,
you're just learning to do body work.
But there are several
fields you can go into.
You can be an insurance adjuster.
It qualifies you to do stuff like that.
And maybe you could be a paint rep.
You could run a shop, run your own shop.
Painter, frame machine technician,
so we have several areas of employment
this will help you get through.
Anything it does in the
body shop program, A to Z,
we've got it.
So come on down to Caldwell,
we'll try to hook you up!
Just give us a call.
