Martin Senour releases Q4 training schedule

The Martin Senour Company announced its fourth quarter training schedule with a variety of hands-on coatings application courses, as well as courses for shop owners and managers looking to increase productivity and profitability.
Sept. 2, 2014
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The Martin Senour Company announced its 2014 fourth quarter training schedule, with a variety of hands-on coatings application courses as well as several courses for shop owners and managers looking to increase their collision centers’ productivity and profitability.

The sessions, to be held at Martin Senour training facilities nationwide, October 20 – December 15, will emphasize painter certification, maximizing shop profits and will also offer courses for the waterborne basecoat system, Vortex®.

Participants will learn through a combination of classroom, digital, and hands-on settings at various metropolitan Martin Senour training centers. Responding to the need to know how to best maximize their profits while increasing productivity and quality, Martin Senour is providing courses specific to these practices.

The following hands-on, paint and processes application-based courses will be offered during the fourth quarter:

  • Color Adjustment and Blending
  • VORTEX® Waterborne Premium Refinish System Painter Certification
  • Pro//BASE™ Refinish System Painter Certification
  • Painter Certification
  • Fleet FGP

The following collision center business building, productivity and profitability-focused courses will be offered during the fourth quarter:

  • Jobber Level 1
  • Estimating Solutions for Profit
  • Achieving Service Excellence

“We seek to help shop owners, managers and technicians better practice more profitable and productive thinking,” says Brandon Devis, Martin Senour Director of Sales. “We also have seen significant interest for classes regarding waterborne technologies, so we’re providing additional training sessions specific to those practices and include hands-on work with our famed Vortex® waterborne premium refinish system.”

Further details regarding the 2014 fourth quarter schedule for training centers, dates, specific course descriptions and locations, are listed below:

Training Center Date Training Course No. of Days Location
Atlanta 11/10/14 Painter Certification 3 Atlanta Training Center
Atlanta 12/8/14 Jobber Level 1 3 Atlanta Training Center
Atlanta 12/8/14 Color Adjustment and Blending 3 Atlanta Training Center
Chicago 11/10/14 Jobber Level 1 3 Chicago Training Center
Chicago 11/10/14 Color Adjustment and Blending Pro//BASE Refinish System 3 Chicago Training Center
Chicago 12/1/14 Painter Certification 2 Chicago Training Center
Chicago 12/1/14 Painter Certification 3 Chicago Training Center
Chicago 12/9/14 Estimating Solutions for Profit 1 Chicago Training Center
Chicago 12/10/14 Key Process Indicators (KPI) 1/2 day Chicago Training Center
Chicago 12/11/14 Achieving Service Excellence 1 Chicago Training Center
Philadelphia 10/20/14 Vortex Application and Color Simplicity 2 Philadelphia Training Center
Philadelphia 10/22/14 Plastic Refinishing & Masking Techniques 1 Philadelphia Training Center
Philadelphia 10/23/14 Color Match Simplicity 1 Philadelphia Training Center
Philadelphia 11/10/14 Fleet FGP 3 Philadelphia Training Center
Philadelphia 12/8/14 Vortex Application and Color Simplicity 2 Philadelphia Training Center
Reno 12/2/14 Vortex Waterborne Painter Certification 3 Reno Training Center
Reno 12/8/14 Fleet FGP 3 Reno Training Center
Reno 12/15/14 Color Adjustment & Blending 3 Reno Training Center

For more information regarding the Martin Senour training or its paint products, visit the

Training section at www.martinsenour-autopaint.com or call 1-800-526-6704.

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