Ask an Apprentice - Curtis McComish
May 13, 2021 @ 10:33
๐ช๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป, ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ฒ'๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต-๐๐ฝ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ-๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐ก๐!
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!
๐๐ผ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ & ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ฒ?
"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."
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ป๐?
"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."
๐๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ?
"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!"
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ท๐ผ๐ฏ?
"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!"
๐๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ?
"Go for it! You'll never know if it's right for you, unless you try for yourself!"
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