3M Authorized Training Facility

Class Descriptions

Design Classes

Vehicle Wrap Design

This comprehensive vehicle wrap design course is designed for designers looking to build and advance their skills in the large-format and vehicle wrap industry. Whether you’re in your first year or have experience creating wraps, this class provides the knowledge, techniques, and workflow strategies needed to produce professional, print-ready vehicle wrap designs.

Working in both Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, students will learn how to maximize the strengths of each program through an efficient tandem workflow. The course covers essential tools, shortcuts, modifier keys, template creation, custom vehicle measurements, design best practices, and proper file preparation for production.

A strong emphasis is placed on the creative brief process, teaching students how to gather the right information from clients to reduce revisions, improve communication, speed up approvals, and create more focused, effective designs. Students will also learn how to create custom vehicle templates using measurements and reference photos, allowing them to confidently design for vehicles without relying solely on pre-made templates.

Throughout the course, students will apply what they’ve learned by conducting a creative brief and developing a complete vehicle wrap design. The class concludes with a collaborative design review and Q&A session, where students receive constructive feedback while learning from the work and experiences of their peers.

By the end of the course, students will have a complete understanding of professional vehicle wrap design workflows—from concept and client communication to custom template creation, design execution, and final print-ready file preparation.

Installation Classes

Full Circle Automotive Restyling

The ultimate DIY and beginner automotive restyling course.

This course is designed specifically for the beginner with little to no experience in vehicle color change, window tint and PPF. This course will cover the basics on the 3 most popular ways to restyle your vehicle.

This course will cover the fundamental concepts of installing a color change wrap from squeegee technique to proper use of heat and stretching the film, knifeless tape and how to properly use each line. how to plan out your wrap to get the most out of each roll and price your wraps for profit. Proper prep of vehicle, materials, and tools needed to be successful.

The Full Circle Restyling course is perfect for you if you’re looking to get into the automotive restyling industry. This course will help you understand the film and how to choose the appropriate film for your customers. This class again is designed for the DIY or beginner installer. Students that attended will receive a certificate of completion of the Full Circle Restyling course and will leave with the foundational techniques needed to start your career off right. The course is meant to be completed before attending the 3M Preferred installer training for Color-change, Window film, and PPF courses.

(THIS COURSE DOES NOT OFFER ANY TYPE OF CERTIFICATION IT IS AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE ONLY)

3M™ Automotive Window Film Installer Training

This 3-day training will focus on installing 3M™ Window Film

The course includes instruction on complex windows, film shrinking, trimming and cutting and use of 3M™ Pattern and Solutions Center software.

At the end of training, you may take a test to demonstrate what you’ve learned.

If you pass the test, you will earn the title of 3M™ Automotive Window Film with Crystalline Preferred Installer and will be listed on the 3M Installer Locator.

3 days of training with optional hands on test on the 3rd day.

3M™ Paint Protection Film (PPF) installation training

Help give your customers peace of mind against damaging elements by learning the best techniques for installing 3M Paint Protection Films.

This 3-day training will focus on installing 3M™ Paint Protection Film The skills you learn in this training will help you increase your output and consistently apply 3M Paint Protection Film to vehicles. — The course includes instruction on complex curves, film repositioning, trimming and cutting and use of 3M™ Pattern and Solutions Center software.

At the end of training, you may take a test to demonstrate what you’ve learned.

If you pass the test, you will earn the title of 3M™ PPF Preferred Installer and will be listed on the 3M Installer Locator.

3 days of training with optional hands on test on the 3rd day.

3M™ Vehicle Color Change Training

In this training, dedicated exclusively installing 3M™ Wrap Film Series 2080 and using 3M™ Knifeless Tape, you’ll learn techniques for vehicle color change installations.

At the end of training, you may take a test to demonstrate what you’ve learned.

If you pass the test, you will earn the title of 3M™ Vehicle Color Change Preferred Installer and will be listed on the 3M Installer Locator.

3 days of training with optional hands on test on the 3rd day.

*Our class size is small to ensure individual attention for each student and seats fill up quickly. 

3M™ Automotive Window Film Installer Training

This 3-day training will focus on installing 3M™ Window Film

The course includes instruction on complex windows, film shrinking, trimming and cutting and use of 3M™ Pattern and Solutions Center software.

At the end of training, you may take a test to demonstrate what you’ve learned.

If you pass the test, you will earn the title of 3M™ Automotive Window Film with Crystalline

Preferred Installer and will be listed on the 3M Installer Locator.

3 days of training with optional hands on test on the 3rd day.

3M™ Graphic Films Installation Training for Window, Walls, Floors + Fleet graphics

Five day training course with the last 2 days of optional testing for qualified installers must have min of 1 year experience and 25 full vehicles wrapped in order to take preferred installer test.

Taught by 3M Authorized trainer and tester

Comprehensive discussion, demonstration and hands-on training

Printed Vehicle wraps, Color change wraps, Fleet graphics, boat wraps, smooth walls, textured walls and floor graphics

Training courses are tailored for all skill levels

All appropriate tools and materials provided for use during classes

11 different training stations available to build and refine skills

Training course are set up to build skills

If student decides to opt in for testing the test will be conducted until the student passes or fails the hands on exam. if student fails, they will need to book a retest at a later date.

3M DI-NOC™ Architectural Finishes Training.

In this training, you’ll learn the tools and techniques you needed to install 3M™ DI-NOC™ Architectural Finishes in an interior design setting.

At the end of training, you may test on what you’ve learned to earn the title of 3M™ DI-NOC™ Architectural Finishes Preferred Installer and listed on the 3M Installer Locator.

Two days of training. One day of testing.

Classes can be rescheduled 1 time within a year of cancellation with a 14-day notice prior to the 1st day of training.