Leading automotive trade school Ohio Technical College (OTC) is excited to announce The Rich Evans Academy — a three-month advanced collision repair and customizing program where students will learn fabrication, welding, water-borne painting and fiberglass molding, among other advanced skills.
Rich Evans, owner of Huntington Beach Bodyworks in California, is a custom car builder, painter and TV personality who has appeared on such shows as "Monster Garage" and "Pimp My Ride." As part of the new partnership, he will work with OTC to develop a real-world curriculum based on decades of experience designing and building one-of-a-kind vehicles. Evans will also assist OTC in outfitting the Rich Evans Academy shop with the tools, training aids and equipment needed to facilitate the program.
"At Ohio Technical College, we believe in offering training for the real world that will help prepare our students for successful and rewarding careers in today’s ever-changing automotive industry," said Tom King, director of Enrollment, OTC. "The new Rich Evans Academy is an advanced, concentrated course designed to give students employable skills that many of their peers will not have after graduation. We are excited to partner with Rich, who shares his years of experience with our students as well as our instructors."
Evans will periodically visit the school to interact with students and conduct personal instruction. He will also teach a one-day training program at OTC’s Summer Seminar, an event that attracts hundreds of high school instructors from across the country.
Founded in 1969, Ohio Technical College provides students with unique training in a variety of transportation fields. Last year, the school’s enrollment grew 22%, and more than 1,000 students are currently enrolled in courses like automotive, diesel, classic car restoration, alternative fuel vehicles and high performance and racing.
The first Rich Evans Academy class will begin in Fall 2010. As with all its programs, OTC will provide career placement assistance for students upon completion of the three-month course.
About Ohio Technical College
Ohio Technical College (OTC) is an accredited private, proprietary technical school dedicated to providing premier technical training in the world of modern mechanics by pursuing industry alliances, providing outstanding training equipment and focusing on the needs of individual students. An Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology (ACCSCT) college, OTC and its PowerSport Institute branch campus encompass nearly 800,000 sq. feet of classroom and workshop space. Drawing students from all over the United States, OTC offers technician training programs in Automotive, Diesel, Auto-Diesel, Collision Repair, Classic Car Restoration, High Performance and Racing, Welding and PowerSport Technology as well as specialization in BMW, Alternative Fuel Vehicles, Custom Paint and Graphics, CDL Truck Driver Training, and Power Generator Systems. Motorcycle technician training is provided through the PowerSport Institute, a branch campus of OTC in North Randall, Ohio. For more information, write to Ohio Technical College at 1374 E. 51st St. Cleveland, Ohio, 44103; call (800) 322-7000 ext. 163; or visit ohiotechnicalcollege.com and psi-now.com.
