The Dent Academy has a long history of providing high-quality paintless dent removal courses to students from around the world.
Our aim is to develop student technicians to the highest possible standard and build a paintless dent removal community that revolves around integrity, respect and results. We provide several courses to this end, with students who participate in our program graduating with the highest possible paintless dent removal qualifications. Below, we have put together a brief explanation of our courses to help you make a better choice for your studies.
Dents and Dings (now part of Core PDR)
Dents and dings used to run as its own two-week course. Those skills — door dings, small to medium dents, creases, quoting and assessment — are now taught inside Core PDR (Level 2), alongside the hail work, so you finish with the full range rather than half of it.
Core PDR (Level 2)
Length: Three weeks
Our Core PDR (Level 2) training course is focused on repairing hail damage to vehicles. This paintless dent removal course is designed in a way that helps beginners gain exposure to hail damage repair in an informative, supportive environment. You’ll learn how to quote repairs, do work to a very high standard, gain clients and build your own business as a hail repair technician. As part of the assessment in this course, you will be required to repair a hail damaged vehicle to our standards.
We also provide the Core PDR Hail Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Assessment. If you’ve already been working in the industry, you can take our Core PDR Hail RPL Assessment (comprised of an online exam and a practical test) to earn an industry-recognised qualification.
Advanced PDR Hail Course
Length: Five Weeks
The Advanced PDR Hail course is available only to DACA-certified technicians. It is designed to give those with intermediate skills in paintless dent removal advanced skills to help them take on more difficult jobs, work more efficiently and increase their profitability. The Advanced PDR Hail course also gives you the opportunity to secure work with hail repair companies and includes up to three months of post-course support.
Elite PDR Hail Course
Length: Five Weeks
Our Elite PDR Hail course is our most advanced offering. This paintless dent removal course is designed for those with advanced skills and experience in the industry. It covers our main methods in summary and introduces more advanced methods of dent removal.
A history of excellence in paintless dent removal courses
The Dent Academy was formed by John Ashton, the founder and owner of Hail Response Team – specialists in catastrophic hail damage repair. His experience led him to the firm belief that paintless dent removal should be taught with a greater focus on reproducible skills, speed and efficiency.
John began his career as an apprentice boat builder and later transferred his skills and education into paintless dent removal. With his knowledge and experience, John worked with world-class technicians in all parts of the world with jobs and contracts in Europe, North America and South Africa.
He brought this knowledge and experience back to Australia and realised that he could achieve a higher standard than what was available in the Australian market, and so established The Dent Academy.
He has trained top-class technicians in the art of dent removal and expects nothing less than perfection from himself and his students.
Recent graduates have gone on to create a successful career in the PDR industry and are able to work in any area of the world with the confidence of repairing vehicles that most companies would write off or refuse to repair with the PDR Method.
Contact The Dent Academy
We are always looking for the next generation of professional paintless dent removal technicians. If you would like to begin pursuing your brand-new career right now, speak to us. We will guide you through everything you need to know to make the right choices for your future.
Or, call us on 1800 001 832.