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Ask an Apprentice - Curtis McComish

Ask an Apprentice - Curtis McComish

May 13, 2021 @ 10:33

๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ'๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต-๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ-๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ก๐—œ!

Curtis McComish

First up is Bodyshop Apprentice, Curtis McComish! Curtis is just finishing up his second year before commencing his third year apprenticeship with us! In his spare time, he loves tinkering with and driving cars, playing guitar and volunteers for a local war museum!

๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ & ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ?
"I have been with Dennison's Accident Repair Centre since July 2019. My role at the company involves a wide variety of tasks, such as panel repair, vinyl sticker removal, valeting, paint preparation, welding, cab swaps and similar such undertakings."

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€?
"Whilst with Dennisons, I have learned how to better repair damaged body panels using pin pulling, body filler, and panel hammers. I have come to learn how to repair minor chassis damage to the rear section of a lorry, as well as identifying further accident damage."

๐—™๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜†๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ?
"The general friendly nature and environment! You are never short of help or banter. I love working with and clambering over Heavy Good Vehicles and I do rather enjoy seeing vehicles I have worked on when attending car and truck shows!"

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฏ?
"I'd like to specialise in vehicle restoration within my current field, as I love to see old workhorses on the roads and enjoying a new lease of life!"

๐—”๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ?
"Go for it! You'll never know if it's right for you, unless you try for yourself!"

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