Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Announces 2011 Third Quarter Training Schedule
Written by StaffSherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes announces third-quarter training courses for collision professionals beginning July 2011. This curriculum will provide collision repair industry professionals with three months of intensive business-building and production-excellence courses available through classroom, web and hands-on settings. Sessions will be held at numerous Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes training centers located in metropolitan areas across the United States.
Classes consist of multiple courses designed to increase shop productivity and include sessions focusing on painter certification, AWX® waterborne systems, color adjustment and blending, fleet refinishing, accurate estimating, workshop efficiency and much more.
“All of our courses this year reflect the Sherwin-Williams philosophy of lean operations,” said Rod Habel, Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Manager of Training Operations. “We’re seeking to introduce concepts that support sustainable practices, increase productivity and minimize or even eliminate waste - all factors that are necessary to the success of a collision center.”
The upcoming curriculum has a strong emphasis on the company’s breakthrough AWX waterborne coatings technology, while other classes will focus on painting excellence with its ULTRA 7000®, Dimensions® and Genesis® systems.
Further details regarding 2011 third quarter scheduling for the training sessions, locations, dates, and specific course descriptions include the following:
Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes 2011 3rd Quarter Training Schedule
Training Number
Center Date Training Course Description Of Days
Atlanta 7/11/2011 Painter Certification 3
Philadelphia 7/11/2011 AWX® Painter Certification 3
Reno 7/18/2011 Vo-Tech Instructor Course 4
Philadelphia 7/14/2011 AWX® Town Hall Meeting 1
Reno 7/19/2011 AWX® Painter Certification 3
Burr Ridge 7/21/2011 Estimating Solutions for Profit (ESP) 1
Burr Ridge 7/26/2011 Painter Certification 3
Burr Ridge 7/26/2011 Color Adjustment & Blending 3
Atlanta 8/1/2011 Color Adjustment & Blending 3
Dallas 8/1/2011 Painter Certification 3
Dallas 8/1/2011 Color Adjustment & Blending 3
Philadelphia 8/1/2011 AWX® Painter Certification 3
Reno 8/1/2011 AWX® Painter Certification 3
Philadelphia 8/4/2011 AWX® Town Hall Meeting 1
Atlanta 8/8/2011 Jobber Level 1 3
Burr Ridge 8/8/2011 Planet Color® 2
Reno 8/8/2011 The Art & Science of Planet Color® "Waterborne" 2
Burr Ridge 8/10/2011 Dimension 2
Philadelphia 8/15/2011 Color Adjustment & Blending with AWX® 3
Reno 8/16/2011 Ultra Painter Certification 3
Philadelphia 8/18/2011 AWX® Town Hall Meeting 1
Dallas 8/24/2011 Improving Workshop Efficiency (IWE) 1
Dallas 8/24/2011 Key Performance Indicators (KPI) 1
Philadelphia 8/24/2011 AWX® Application & Color Simplicity 2
Burr Ridge 8/25/2011 Estimating Solutions for Profit (ESP) 1
Dallas 8/25/2011 Estimating Solutions for Profit (ESP) 1
Dallas 9/12/2011 Painter Certification 3
Atlanta 9/19/2011 Painter Certification 3
Philadelphia 9/19/2011 Fleet CFR 3
Burr Ridge 9/21/2011 Achieving Service Excellence (ASE) 1
Philadelphia 9/22/2011 AWX® Town Hall Meeting 1
Burr Ridge 9/22/2001 Key Performance Indicators (KPI) 1
Burr Ridge 9/23/2011 Estimating Solutions for Profit (ESP) 1
Philadelphia 9/26/2011 AWX® Painter Certification 3
For more information about Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes training visit its training section at http://www.sherwin-automotive.com/Training/TrainingCourseSchedule.aspx or call 1-800-SWULTRA (1-800-798-5872).










