Sherwin-Williams announces Q3 training schedule

Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes offers training sessions that provide collision repair industry professionals advanced knowledge in their field. It recently announced the latest courses and training sites for the third quarter, 2013, that will be available from July 9 through Sept. 30, 2013.

Training is available to all shop owners, managers, painters, and technicians, who can choose to advance their business-building, production-excellence and/or paint application techniques, as needed. Participants will learn through a combination of classroom, digital, and hands-on settings at various metropolitan Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes training centers.

The following courses will be offered during the third quarter:

AWX Performance Plus™ Waterborne Refinish System Painter Certification
Color Adjustment and Blending
Estimating Solutions for Profit
Painter Certification

“All of our courses this year reflect the Sherwin-Williams philosophy of lean operations,” said Rod Habel, Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Director of Training Operations. “We’re always 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 Performance Plus waterborne coatings technology, while other classes will focus on painting excellence with its ULTRA 7000®, Dimensions®, Genesis® and ATX refinish systems.

Further details regarding the 2013 second quarter schedule for training centers, dates, specific course descriptions and locations, are listed below:

Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes 2013 3rd Quarter Training Schedule

Date	Description	No. of Days	Location
7/9/13	AWX Performance Plus Waterborne Refinish System Painter Certification	3	Atlanta Training Center
7/9/13	Color Adjustment and Blending	3	Atlanta Training Center
7/9/13	Color Adjustment and Blending	3	Philadelphia Training Center
7/12/13	Estimating Solutions for Profit	1	Philadelphia Training Center
7/15/13	AWX Performance Plus Waterborne Refinish System Painter Certification	3	Philadelphia Training Center
7/15/13	Color Adjustment and Blending	3	Dallas Training Center
7/15/13	Fleet CFT	3	Atlanta Training Center
7/15/13	Painter Certification	3	Dallas Training Center
7/16/13	Fleet CRF	3	Reno Training Center
7/22/13	AWX Performance Plus Waterborne Refinish System Painter Certification	3	Reno Training Center
7/29/13	Painter Certification	3	Burr Ridge Training Center
8/5/13	AWX Performance Plus Waterborne Refinish System Painter Certification	2	Philadelphia Training Center
8/12/13	Fleet Refinishing	3	Dallas Training Center
8/13/13	Painter Certification	3	Reno Training Center
8/19/13	Color Adjustment and Blending	3	Burr Ridge Training Center
8/19/13	Color Adjustment and Blending	3	Reno Training Center
8/20/13	Estimating Solutions for Profit	1	Reno Training Center
8/21/13	Achieving Service Excellence	1	Reno Training Center
8/26/13	AWX Performance Plus Waterborne Refinish System	3	Dallas Training Center
9/16/13	Color Adjustment and Blending	3	Atlanta Training Center
9/16/13	Painter Certification	3	Atlanta Training Center
9/19/13	Estimating Solutions for Profit	1	Atlanta Training Center
9/20/13	Achieving Service Excellence	1	Atlanta Training Center
9/20/13	Improving Workshop Efficiency	1	Atlanta Training Center
9/23/13	AWX Performance Plus Waterborne Refinish System	3	Atlanta Training Center
9/23/13	AWX Performance Plus Waterborne Refinish System	3	Burr Ridge Training Center
9/30/13	ATX Refinish System Painter Certification Training	2	Burr Ridge Training Center
9/30/13	Express Scratch Repair Service	1	Burr Ridge Training Center

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).

The Sherwin-Williams Company, founded in 1866, is one of the world's leading companies in the manufacture, distribution and sale of coatings and related products to professional, industrial, commercial and retail customers. Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes, a division of The Sherwin-Williams Company, manufactures and distributes a complete line of advanced technology paint and coating systems for automotive and fleet refinishing industries.

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