COURSES
Wherever you may be in your PDR Career, The Dent Academy has a course to suit your needs.
CORE PDR COURSE – LEVEL 2
DO YOU WANT TO
- Be your own boss
- Work hail season interstate, or locally year-round
- See the world and interstate
- Accelerate your career immediately
- Choose the work you take on
- Take hold of your future
Are you feeling held back in your career and know that there is something else out there that is going to give you more to work with to build your future and reward the effort and time you put in? Something that gives you the ability to travel and see the world whilst working for yourself, opening unlimited opportunities.
Core PDR is a three-week, hands-on certification taught in groups of no more than four. It follows on from the online Starter Course and covers the full range: catastrophic hail damage and everyday dents, dings and creases, from standard pushing through to glue pulling and blending.
Benefits and Outcomes
- Confidently repair light-medium hail damaged vehicles
- Quote and assess vehicles for hail damage
- Post-course support across 3-6 months
- Career opportunities with several hail companies
- Industry recognised
STARTER PDR COURSE – LEVEL 1
DO YOU WANT TO
- Understand foundational theory of PDR
- Experience pushing dents on a real panel
- Ensure PDR is the right career for you
- Be coached by experianced facilitators
- Complete the lessons at your own pace
- Study part time
Are you interested in PDR training and lifestyle it can provide you? This course will provide you with all the foundational knowledsge you will need to begin your career in PDR. Follow along in the comfort of your own home at a time that suits you.
The Online PDR Starter Course will guide you through the theoretical and practical steps to mastering the art of PDR. This will be achieved by being part of our online learning platform to work through the 10 subjects delivered across a total of 56 modules. Implementing each exercise on the practical panels and stands delivered straight to your door.
Benefits and Outcomes
- Confidently repair small dents and crease lines
- Weekly calls with your personal PDR coach
- 3 months access to the online learning modules
- Understand if you wish to process with further training
COMPARE OUR COURSES
Starter PDR (Level 1) |
Core PDR (Level 2) |
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| Course Modules | 56 | 20 |
| Duration (weeks) | Self-paced online | 3 weeks |
| Post support | 6-8 x 30 minute calls | Full support 6-12 months |
| Business guidance | – | Yes |
| Damaged Vehicle (during the course) | – | Yes |
| Post Mentoring / Development Program | – | Yes (T&C apply) |
| Ability to repeat and review modules | – | Lifetime / Unlimited |
| Finance Available | Yes (T&C Apply) | Yes (T&C Apply) |
| Set up Pty Ltd Company | – | Yes (T&C Apply) |
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What happens after I finish the course?
You are not left to find your own way into the industry. Most of the PDR technicians working on client sites today are Dent Academy graduates who connected with Zenith Group Services for a career path after certifying.
Technicians on that pathway are assigned to client sites, complete the approved repair work, and invoice for the work they do. What you earn depends on the work you take on and how quickly you build speed, so we will not put a number on it here — but you finish the course with a route into paid work, which is the part most training providers leave out.
Talk to us about what the pathway looks like for you: call 1800 001 832 or register your interest below.
Once I finish the course, how much work is out there
Across the global hail occurs daily, it is completely up to you how much work and travel you take on. In the United States, for example, between 2008 and 2014, over $7 billion was paid out by insurance companies to repair hail damaged vehicles. A little closer to home, according to the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), 51 hail storms occurred in 2017 and 39 in 2018. The size of the catastrophe all depends on the size of the hail and the population size affected. For example, the storm which impacted Sydney in 1999 damaged over 40,000 vehicles.
Is the PDR industry saturated with PDR techs?
Each year across all the major hail companies there are large numbers of international techs that are called upon. In one season you would expect anywhere from 300 to 500 international techs invited to fill vacant positions in Australia due to the supply and demand in the peak hail season. Companies will always seek to fill positions with domestic PDR technicians first giving you confidence your skills will be in high demand.
After a 3 week training course, will I be ready?
Currently there are no industry standards or bodied certification within the PDR industry. As a result, quality and standards within the PDR industry are very inconsistent. This presents a gap in the labour market for highly trained technicians who have been taught the correct techniques from the start.