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This course is designed to review and refine the Estimators’ skills relative to collision repair estimating. The participant will learn how to optimize profitability per repair order, while complying with insurer DRP requirements.
Are You Experiencing:
- Inconsistent estimating between Estimators
- Low gross profit on closed repair orders
- Multiple supplements on jobs
- Incomplete estimates
- Difficulty in assessing frame damage
- Pressure to perform non-traditional repair procedures
- Inability or inconsistency in capturing “not included” items
- Difficulty in negotiating
- Lack of a formal process for estimating
This Course Will Provide:
- Techniques to write a complete estimate.
- Techniques for effective decision making (repair vs. replace, part type, P-page, and judgment time)
- Procedure for evaluating frame, suspension and mechanical damage
- Understanding of P-page items that should be included on the
estimate
- Exercises to substantiate judgment times
- Tools necessary to write more complete estimates
- A comparison of not-included operations for the three estimat ing
databases
Participants will be asked to write an estimate in advance of the course, and participants will critique one another’s estimates for thoroughness. Role-playing will allow the participants a chance to practice the various skills that have been taught.
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