PDR Training Courses
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Ding King PDR Training Courses Follow a State Approved Curriculum.
Paintless Dent Repair Training Courses
Not everyone learns at the same rate of speed as another person. Likewise, not everyone has the same work experience. Some of our students come to our PDR school with over 30 years experience in the paint and body business and are highly skilled and understand how to move metal and what PDR is all about. Most often these technicians select a one or two-week program to learn PDR, realizing that ongoing practice is the only way to advance from a newbie to an experienced and skilled craftsman.
We are advocates for longer training programs as our reputation relies on the success of our students, and that’s precisely why we offer State Licensed and State Approved PDR Training Courses ranging from 1 and 2 week programs to PDR Training programs ranging from 3 to 12 weeks in length.
We realize not every customer has the ability to take a lot of time away from the family or current employment to learn PDR. Therefore, we have formulated PDR training programs that can be broken up into segments allowing you to travel home to take care of business, then joining us again to begin the next leg of your training.
Again, the more you learn, the more you earn and your success is our success, so rest assured whether you attend our PDR School for a couple of weeks or a couple of months, Ding King will always stand behind our commitment to provide only the highest quality training to insure your success.
Upon signing up for a Ding King PDR Training Program we will provide you with access to our video library for watching high quality instructional videos prior to your start date so you’ll commence your training with the proper amount of knowledge so you aren’t wasting a bunch of time when at school. This is an excellent pre-training tool only available at The Ding King Training Institute and is the reason our students have an enhanced learning curve and move from exercise to exercise allowing you to repair damage cleaner.
For over 30 years, our entire instructional staff understands that practice makes perfect and repetition and patience are key components for each students success. Developing the correct methods for approaching each dent is key and our personalized style of teaching makes sure you focus on the task at hand which is performing quality work. We don’t teach speed. We teach the techniques which will allow you to develop you speed over time.
The key to success is personalized over-the-shoulder 1-on-1 interaction working on all types of vehicles. That is exactly what you should expect at The Ding King.
The Ding King Paintless Dent Removal Training Institute teaches step-by-step how to remove small dents on top and side panels, and how to tackle more elaborate repairs such as hail damage, large dents and vertical and horizontal crease dents. In addition, students learn advanced techniques for removing more complex damage on all areas of the vehicle, both foreign and domestic. Glue pulling, tool selection, access, brace configurations and the inner workings of side panels are taught in great detail. Our PDR Training Courses also cover the use of all your PDR Tools and we will make sure you know how to use the LED dent light for working indoors and while working outside.
PDR Training Courses will include Aluminum panel, HSS-High Strength Steel and both Foreign and Domestic Sheet Metal so you have the working knowledge to repair any job.
STUDENTS REMOVING HAIL DAMAGE
HANDS-ON "1-ON-1" PDR TRAINING
WHEEL WELL ACCESS FOR DENT IN FENDER
PROPERLY TRAINING 1 STUDENT AT A TIME
PROPERLY TRAINING 1 STUDENT AT A TIME
CUSTOM PERSONALIZED TRAINING
70" INTERACTIVE TV FOR ANALYZING DENTS
STUDENTS TOOK OUT A SMALL DOOR DING, THEN DID SOME PAINT CORRECTION AND APPLIED CERAMIC COATING FOR THE ULTIMATE SHINE
THE PDR-40 (1 WEEK) COURSE CURRICULUM:
BI-LINGUAL PDR TRAINING IN SPANISH
WEEK 1 PDR TRAINING STUDENT
- Intro to Paintless Dent Repair
- Demonstration on different types of dents
- Explanation about metal characteristics
- How to read the dent light
- Tool location exercises on practice panels
- Lessons for removing small lows
- Removal medium size dents
- Remove quarter size dents under braces and in the open areas
- Perfecting small and medium size damage
- Begin to remove deeper and larger sized dents
- Perfecting deeper and larger size damage
- Removal of creased dents, body-line damage and pressure dents
- Elimination of high points, smiles, crowns using dent hammer and tap down
- Review techniques for all panels of the vehicle to insure “drill-free” access
- Work on all panels of vehicles on a variety of different types of dents
- Aluminum and high strength steel
- Proper tool selection for a variety of damage
- Finishing techniques including the removal of micro lows and color sanding
- Glue pulling techniques for double metal damage and ways to access these areas
- Estimating, marketing and techniques for building business
- Hail Chasers Pricing and Estimating Guide
THE PDR-80 (2 WEEK) COURSE INFORMATION
PDR-80 is designed for individuals who have an extra week to develop their newly learned skills with the supervision of their instructor. Benefits of this PDR Training Course includes increased speed, confidence and overall proficiency. You’ll repair more severe damage and develop specific techniques for repairing more challenging dents with these PDR training Courses. The longer you train, the faster and cleaner your repairs will become.
Our PDR-80 training course is extremely beneficial for any individual who has no prior automotive experience. Expect your speed and confidence to dramatically increase during this second week of PDR Training. The objective of this course is to provide an on-going lesson plan which will assist in the reduction of time needed to practice when you get home. While it doesn’t eliminate the need to practice, it will shorten your learning curve dramatically and provide you with the foundation to repair dents faster. The main benefit on these programs is the length of time you get to spend repairing dents side by side with your instructor. You’ll repair more severe types of damage and train on many makes and models which will help you to develop specific techniques for removing more challenging dents,
There are no shortcuts! In order to perform clean, quality repairs you must dedicate time to practice!
REAL WORLD INSTRUCTION ON HAIL DAMAGE
LEADING BY EXAMPLE BY DEMONSTRATING HOW TO READ THE LIGHT AND FIND YOUR TOOL TIP
HAPPY GRADUATES OF OUR 4-WEEK PDR TRAINING PROGRAM
THE PDR-80 (2 WEEK) COURSE CURRICULUM:
DAY ONE HITTING THE X'S AND O'S
- Continue perfecting your techniques
- Develop speed and quality for large deep dents
- Continue to work on access and tool selection
- Stretched dents
- Body line damage
- Hail damage
- Hidden crowns
- Color sanding & polishing
- PDR practice exercises
- Flat bar usage
- Cross checking techniques
- Advanced glue pulling
- Estimating, marketing and techniques for building business
PDR TRAINING COURSE INFORMATION AND CURRICULUM FOR OUR 3 TO 12 WEEK PROGRAMS:
In The Ding King 3 to 12 week PDR Training Courses, you’ll get to repair dozens of used cars as well as retail customer cars and you do the work and get paid directly from the customer! This is what we call “REAL WORLD” experience! We will be right over your shoulder supervising and monitoring your progress every step of the way. This portion of our course takes everything you’ve experienced in the 1 and 2 week programs and gets you prepared for the next level of PDR. Say goodbye to the smaller damage and get ready to fix more challenging, complex dents you’re likely to encounter when working your business.
You’ll feel excitement and confidence in your achievements and things will really start to ‘click’ for you. Perfection through practice is the objective. You can’t perfect damage without ‘mileage.’ You need to repeat and repeat to gain the confidence and skills to perform consistent high quality work. The last 10% of any complex dent is the hardest part and in our longer term course, you’ll spend the time perfecting and honing your skills to hit the ground running when you complete our program.
- Mastering Large Dents
- Body Line Damage
- Perfecting Sharp Dings
- Stretched Dents
- Severe Hail Damage Repair
- Vertical and Horizontal Creases
- Hidden Crowns
- Trapped Pressure
- Advanced Glue Pulling
- Blending
- Using Heat
- Working Indoors and Outdoors
- Methods for Improving Speed & Quality
- Estimating, Marketing and Techniques for Building Business
- Hail Chasers Pricing and Estimating Guide
HIGH POINT BEING TAPPED DOWN FLUSH
DING KING GRADUATION DAY
PAINTLESS DENT REPAIR TRAINING IN DENVER, COLORADO
Learn how to fix a variety of Dings & dents
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TRAINING PROGRAMS
In addition to offering a variety of PDR Training Programs ranging from 1-week to 12-weeks, we also offer training programs for Paint Protection Film, Auto Detailing, Ceramic Coating, Bumper Repair, Wheel Refinishing, Windshield Repair, Paint Chip Repair and other easy to learn add-on programs.
