{"id":24367,"date":"2025-11-06T15:54:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T15:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/?p=846668"},"modified":"2025-11-06T15:54:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T15:54:54","slug":"collision-engineering-program-coming-to-la-to-address-repair-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2025\/11\/06\/collision-engineering-program-coming-to-la-to-address-repair-gap\/","title":{"rendered":"Collision Engineering Program Coming to LA to Address Repair Gap"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/img\/social\/opengraph\/ij-social-default-1200x630.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<ul class=\"nav nav-tabs tabs tabs-entry\">\n<li class=\"active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/west\/2025\/11\/06\/846668.htm\">Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/west\/2025\/11\/06\/846668.htm?comments\" rel=\"nofollow\">0 Comments<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"article-content clearfix\">\n<p>The Collision Engineering Career Alliance partnered with El Camino College in Torrance, California to launch a collision engineering program.<\/p>\n<p>The aim is to help fill the more than 100,000 job openings expected through 2028 in the field.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bzn bzn-sized bzn-intext\">\n<ins data-revive-zoneid=\"79\" data-revive-topics=\"auto,dealerships\" data-revive-companies data-revive-block=\"1\" data-revive-id=\"36eb7c2bd3daa932a43cc2a8ffbed3a9\"><\/ins> <\/div>\n<p>The two-year associate degree program is designed around a hybrid, work-based learning model. 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