Small Damage Specialist Skill Development

Master Small Damage Repair & Keep PDR In House

For shops already using BETAG small damage repair equipment, including levers, our Small Damage Specialist Skill Development program is an opportunity to train additional technicians, broaden capability across the team and make greater use of your existing investment.

Through focused, hands-on training and intensive practical workshop activities, technicians build the skills & confidence to complete more repairs with higher quality, speed & consistency while keeping PDR work in the shop.

Skill Development Outcomes
1. Expand Small Damage Capability

Equip additional technicians with practical skills in specialized lighting, glue-pulling, induction, lever, and knockdown techniques across both steel and aluminum to capture more high-margin repair work.

2. Keep More Repairs In House & Protect Margins

Reduce reliance on sublet PDR vendors and eliminate work-routing bottlenecks by building in-house capability, keeping high-frequency small damage repairs, labor hours, and profit in your shop.

3. Reduce Cycle Times & Maximize Profit

Master non-invasive repair methods to minimize repair footprints, reduce body filler and refinish, and shorten job cycle times while increasing overall shop throughput and driving higher gross profit per repair.

How It Works
Focused. Practical. Hands-On.

Four blocks of two consecutive days of instructor-led development combine technical knowledge with intensive practical workshop activities, giving technicians the opportunity to learn, apply & refine small damage repair techniques before putting them to work in production.

Skills Developed

Skills developed include:

  • Damage analysis and repair method selection
  • Using lighting to identify damage shape & depth 
  • Induction, glue pulling & knockdown techniques
  • Lever based techniques with good and limited access on vertical and horizontal panels
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  • Surface preparation
  • Minimizing repair size & refinish requirements
  • Improving repair quality, speed & consistency


Program Details
Duration

Four blocks of 2 consecutive days.

Location

Off site, in one of BETAG’s training facilities

Format

Instructor-led development with extensive live-panel practice

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 technicians working in shops with BETAG small damage repair equipment who want to develop or advance their small damage repair and PDR skills.

Apprentice & Entry-Level Technicians

Build practical skills and increase the range of repair work they can perform.

Experienced Collision Repair Technicians

Refine existing techniques and improve repair quality, efficiency and consistency.

Equipment
Need A Complete Repair Solution?

If your shop doesn’t have BETAG small damage equipment, our Small Damage Specialist RepairLab provides turnkey access to the skills, repair methods & specialized equipment needed to build small damage and PDR repair 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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