Repair Planner Skill Development

Master Accurate Repair Planning. Increase Shop Profitability.

For shops already using BETAG repair planning equipment, our Repair Planner Skill Development program is an opportunity to train additional estimators, broaden capability across the team and make greater use of your existing investment.

Through focused, hands-on training and intensive practical workshop activities, estimators build the technical knowledge to thoroughly assess damage, identify repair opportunities, and accurately capture labor hours upfront, eliminating supplemental friction, reducing cycle times, and increasing shop gross profit.

Skill Development Outcomes
1. Maximize Estimate Accuracy & Margin

Equip repair planners with deep technical understanding of repairability across steel, aluminum, and plastic to accurately identify repair versus replace opportunities and capture every legitimate labor hour.

2. Eliminate Supplemental Friction

Develop thorough damage analysis and blueprinting disciplines that ensure repair methods are fully identified upfront, eliminating mid-repair delays, supplements, and workflow interruptions.

3. Drive Throughput & Gross Profit

Aligning upfront repair planning with technician capabilities shortens overall cycle times, optimizes shop workflow, and drives higher gross profit per repair order.

How It Works
Focused. Practical. Hands-On.

1 day of in-shop, instructor-led training paired with 2 interactive technical webinars combine technical damage analysis with real-world estimating and repair planning scenarios, giving repair planners the tools and confidence to create accurate, margin-maximizing repair plans.

Skills Developed

Skills developed include:

  • Comprehensive damage analysis and substrate identification (Steel, Aluminum, Plastics)
  • Using lighting to identify damage shape and depth
  • Assessing outer panel repairability versus replacement
  • Writing detailed, compliant repair plans that accurately reflect complete scope, labor hours, and technical methodology
  • Streamlining the blueprinting process to eliminate mid-repair delays and supplemental friction
  • Effective communication between estimators and shop floor technicians
  • Maximizing labor hour capture and overall repair order profitability


Program Details
Duration

One day of focused, in shop skill development plus two technical webinars.

Location

In Shop

Format

Instructor-led development with practical damage assessment and estimating scenarios

Advanced Mentorship Program (AMP)

Capability is built through practice, reinforcement & continuous improvement.

BETAG’s Advanced Mentorship Program (AMP) helps technicians embed the skills developed during this course to promote greater confidence, consistency & long-term performance improvement.

Participants receive ongoing access to BETAG's online learning resources & remote performance coaching - to reinforce learning, support practical application in the workshop & accelerate the development of advanced repair capability.

Who Should Attend

Designed for collision repair team members working in shops with BETAG repair planning equipment who are responsible for damage assessment, repair planning, and estimating.

Estimators & Repair Planners

Refine damage analysis, improve repair line accuracy, and capture full repair value.

Blueprinters & Production Managers

Streamline upfront workflow and eliminate production bottlenecks.

Shop Owners & Managers

Build consistent, repeatable repair planning standards across the team.

Equipment
Need A Complete Repair Solution?

If your shop doesn’t have BETAG repair planning equipment, our Repair Planner RepairLab provides turnkey access to the skills, methods & specialized equipment needed to build repair planning capability from the ground up.

Why BETAG?

Every body shop has opportunities to improve performance. The challenge is knowing where they exist, quantifying their impact & creating lasting improvement.

BETAG helps body shop leaders identify opportunity, build capability & improve repair performance in ways that expand margins, grow profit & support sustainable growth.


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