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Vet signs up for classes rather than pay for a paint job<\/h3>\n

Sanders are blasting, sprayers are hissing and hoods are popping- just another day in San Jacinto College\u2019s auto collision and repair program. That is until you spot Ed Gil near the paint booth. At 74, he\u2019s hard to miss among the 18 to 20-somethings who are there due to a love for fixing up cars and dreaming of starting their own body shops. Not Ed. Rather than pay $5,000 for a paint job on his 1986 Chevrolet Suburban, he decided to enroll in some classes to learn how to do it himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought I would only be here for one semester, but now I\u2019m on number six\u201d said the U.S. Army veteran. \u201cI\u2019ve always been mechanically inclined. My dad and I taught ourselves how to be mechanics since we didn\u2019t always have the money to take our cars to the shop. But doing body work was something I never had much experience with, so since I\u2019m retired and have the time, I thought why not learn how to do all this.\u201d<\/p>\n

After graduating in 1966 from Texas A&M University with a degree in electrical engineering, Gil was drafted to serve in the Army during the Vietnam War. He was sent to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, where numerous Army weapons and materials were tested, and served as a human engineering expert. After his time in the Army, he began working for Houston Lighting & Power (which later became CenterPoint Energy) and retired after 41 years. Gil says that despite his reasons for enrolling in the program, the auto collision repair program is teaching valuable workforce skills for the students who have aspirations to join the auto body industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of students don\u2019t want to go the doctor or lawyer route, so this is a good field for them to get into,\u201d he said. \u201cThere are auto accidents every day, so there\u2019s money to be made in this business. It\u2019s also good experience. In my case, now I\u2019m an informed customer. Now I know what it\u2019s going to take to fix my truck, so if I have to take it to a shop, they can\u2019t take advantage of me. This program teaches students to do the job right with no shortcuts. If they take that work ethic with them into their own businesses and keep the prices reasonable, they\u2019ll have loyal customers for life.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information on the auto collision repair program, visit
\nsanjac.edu\/career\/auto-collision-repair<\/a>.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0Andrea Vasquez<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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