I really wanted nothing to do with the collision industry when I was a kid. The dream of racing dirtbikes and collecting cheques faded quickly when I turned 18 and I needed to get a real job to pay for my hobbies. My father owned a bodyshop so I went to work for him washing cars and masking for paint. We hardly got along and spent a lot of time screaming at one another. Its a little better and it only took 15 years. I ended up doing my apprenticeship through Sait which is a 4 year program 3 for collision and 1 for paint. As much as I like heavy collision work I really like painting even though its the most stressful job in the whole shop. Looking back on it it was a good decision to stay with it. There will always be work in my field and when I don't feel like dealing with shop life anymore I can always go work as a Field Appraiser for an insurance company.
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Westerner by birth, Canadian by law, Albertan by the grace of God
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