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With over 28 years of experience carrying out PDR, Dentrix PDR Training boasts the highest success rate of working PDR techs in UK & Europe.

Free pre training tools and manual

We have found that with the correct setup, students that used our pre training pack before attending our course progressed faster than those who didn’t.

Free ongoing support for life.

Our support consists of phone discussions or email. You are also welcome to return to our training school for an extra couple of hours of tuition, as often as necessary. This is all free after you have completed your training.

If you want to be a PDR Tech, we'll get you there.

Dentrix 5 Day - PDR Training Course consisting of:

PDR Tool selection, placement of tool tip and the correct use of tools.
Reading of reflection and the different types available.
Each trainee has a work station equipped with all necessary PDR tools and a bonnet on a stand for comfort.
Working on a car, dent removal, covering all aspects, from small car park dings to large dents, i.e. Vandal damage.
Dent removal using, Glue pulling/lifting equipment, repairing bonnets, wings, roofs, doors, quarters, boot/tailgate and no access panels.
All panels will be worked on using both the PDR rods/bars and Glue pulling/lifting equipment.
All PDR training is carried out using the highest quality PDR tools from the best manufactures available on the market today .i.e. PDR Finesse Tools, Ultra Dent Tools, Dentcraft Tools etc.

Don’t be talked into somebody else’s idea of a PDR tool kit. We stock all the best names, so you can try them, before you buy them, creating your own PDR kit.

Dentrix - Hands on PDR training catered to the individual.

If you would like any further information or would like to discuss in more detail, please either email info@dentrix.co.uk or call 01420 83776.

FREE UNLIMITED ONGOING SUPPORT FOR AS LONG AS YOU NEED IT.

Price: £950.00 + Vat

All Dentrix PDR Training is VBRA Approved

Dentrix is proud to be a member of the

Dentrix 5 Day - Advanced PDR Training Course

This training course is aimed at anyone with the basic skills in PDR, we will concentrate on sharp dents, heavy creases, swage/bodyline dents and the repair of large panel damage, ridges/crowns, All training will be carried out on cars and not panels on stands. If you would like any further information or would like to discuss in more detail, please either email info@dentrix.co.uk or call 01420 83776.

Price: £950 + Vat

All Dentrix PDR Training is VBRA Approved

Dentrix is proud to be a member of the

Choosing the right PDR Training Company for you.

With so many options and different advice on training, it is vital that you research the companies offering PDR training very carefully.

The company credentials are paramount, their reputation, their success rate within the PDR industry, their attention to detail in teaching and repairs, including, the success rate of previous trainees, after all, a trainees success is the training company’s success.

If at all possible, when contacting a PDR training company, ask to visit the venue, make sure you meet the technician who will be teaching you. Ask him to demonstrate personally removing a dent for you; after all it’s his skill and experience you are paying for. A good company will offer you a taster session where you will be able to try your hand before making any decisions free of charge. Be prepared and ask all the questions and concerns you may have regarding the training course. We cannot emphasise enough how important it is that you feel comfortable and happy, before you make any decisions.

Whether this is a change of career or as an add on to an existing business, choosing the right training company is vital to you being able to accomplish and master PDR in the long run.

Please take the time to find out this information, it will save you not only money but could make the difference as to whether you make it within the PDR industry.

Dentrix PDR Training is considered the Number 1 of all PDR training companies in the UK Why?

Dentrix PDR Trainer.

As one of the first in the UK and having over 27 years of experience in the PDR industry, John a panel beater by trade, moved into the PDR field in the mid 80’s. Once he perfected the skills required, John gained experience working with hail damage in the USA and Australia. Upon returning to the UK, he soon started his own successful mobile PDR Company, training his own staff to service the motor trade. His enthusiasm for his trade was soon rewarded and he was contracted by customers such as, large vehicle manufacturers, import centres, main car dealerships, car sales and retail customers throughout the South of the country, he also set a high precedent for all other PDR companies to follow. In 2006 John opened the Dentrix PDR training school, this has proved to be and has become one of the most successful PDR training schools in the UK, with unrivalled success rates. John has been commissioned by trade such as, Ford Motor Company, franchised main dealer groups, even other PDR companies to train their own in house staff. John is recognised for his training methods and ability within the industry, not only nationally but now throughout the world. He has had people globally attend his courses, people from Australia, USA, Chilli, Dubai, Poland, Malta, Italy, Holland, Portugal, Spain, Greece and many others. John has again set the precedent in training with his unique methods. It is a bonus to anyone who is considering training, that he is the only PDR trainer at Dentrix, people can be assured that, if you train with Dentrix, you will be trained by John.

Dentrix is able to boast, that we know of no other PDR training company in the UK, come to that, throughout the world with more experience in the art of PDR.

You are welcome to come to our purposely designed training venue in Hampshire, for an unconditional visit. Spend time speaking personally to our PDR trainer John and watch him demonstrate PDR.

See and test some of the best high quality PDR tools on the market today, try your hand at PDR and see if this is the job vocation for you. Free of charge.

John removes dents using superior quality PDR rods and dent pulling equipment for dents that are inaccessible. Working on new cars, at import centres, factories and dealerships, he removes dents without drilling holes, which would invalidate rust warranties.

No experience necessary, non franchise, want to run your own company and be your own boss, have minimal outlay expenditure, great earning potential of £60,000+ per year and a totally portable business, work anywhere in the world.

Ex trainees who have attended a single 5 day PDR training course and with FREE ongoing support from us, are now running their own mobile PDR companies with success. (Please go to our Video testimonial page) After the course and under no false illusion they all applied the skills taught, self motivation, time and dedication to practicing daily.

If you are considering any PDR course, please read our do's and don'ts lower on this page

Try before you buy

If you are already a working PDR technician and in need of a fresh approach, why not visit us? With our try before you buy facility, you can be assured that you do not need to take any unnecessary chances when buying PDR tools. You won’t be disappointed.

Interested? Call 01420 83776 or email: using the contact us page

We look forward to meeting you.

All Dentrix classes will contain the following, using a real car:

PDR training demonstration
Access points around the vehicle, including removing and replacing parts
Removing dents without access. Dent puller/lifter tools, no hole drilling
Reading the PDR light and other reflection tools
PDR Training for aluminium repairs
Training for high spot and ridge removal
Hail damage
Hammer or tap down use
Large dent repair
Creased dent repair
Side panel and door dings
Dent repair behind impact bars and bracing
Education and advise on PDR tools

Please go to our Feedback page to find out what students have to say about our PDR Training Courses.

FREE with our Dentrix PDR Training Course

At Dentrix we offer you time in our office to see how we run our successful PDR business. If you are seriously considering a career change or just curious, we will offer an insight as to what is involved. From the basic advertising needed to the accountancy system used daily.

All this is available at no extra cost. We want our trainees to succeed in their new venture.

We offer ongoing support after attending any PDR Training Course.

A certificate for any PDR course successfully completed with Dentrix Ltd is issued.

The Do's, The Don'ts & The Facts

Training.

We at Dentrix pride ourselves on giving our students the best possible start; this unfortunately is not the case with all PDR training companies.

More and more we are seeing statements like, "we have been in the trade or in the motor trade for 15 years or 30 years", does this mean they are good at PDR? Ask yourself, if you are a mechanic does this automatically mean you could re spray a car? Or when your car needs a service would you take it to a Bodyshop? If you are looking for experience in a PDR trainer he needs to have been doing PDR, not car sales for 13 years of his 15 years experience, or a windscreen repair man for 25 years of his 30 years experience, make sure you speak to the trainer and make him answer the question direct, how long have YOU been doing PDR.

We have had many students come to us after attending other courses; some of the horror stories are unbelievable.

Trainers only at the course for a couple of hours a day, after setting a task, They leave to go and earn more money working mobile, coming back at the end of the day to see how you got on.

Being left with someone other than the experienced trainer they were led to believe would train them, this is usually an inexperienced technician still in training themselves. This is what they call one on one training. These people were not informed of these situations prior to the start of the course.

Companies employing a local dent man, not a very good one but cheap enough, he does the training, but has no experience in teaching. Just watching someone remove a dent, will not teach you PDR, you need a good teacher, one that can explain every process of dent repair.

A good dent man should be earning around £2000 to £3000 per week, if you have paid him let's say, a maximum of £1500 for a week he is still short of the total he is used to earning, the extra must come from somewhere. If he tells you a good dent man earns between £1000 to £1500 per week, although he may think he’s a good dent man he most probably is average.

One on one training is unnecessary, we have tried it. This is very costly as stated before, if you are to be trained by a top dent technician you will need to pay him at least £2000 per week, and for the best as much as £3000 per week. When on a training course you will start at the very basics, by attempting to remove a dent the size of your thumbnail, this will take an hour or two for a new student. So, why pay to have someone looking over your shoulder continuously. Every three or four minuets will be enough for the trainer to see when you make a mistake, why not share the cost of that trainer with other students. What we have found with students who have attended one on one training is, they progress very slowly, they only have the trainer to compare their abilities with and no one to compare their progress with, this can be very demoralising. Within a small group it is far better to see that you are progressing at the same rate as others, the talking and exchanging of ideas is of great benefit.

Tools.

Tools are another great way for them to cash in, instead of purchasing the latest top quality tools made by reputable tool manufacturers; they make very poor quality tools themselves, usually replicating tools to make it sound better or do deals with cheap tool manufacturers. You've all read it, "Our professional 60 piece kit", and then charging you £1500 or more. This enables them to make vast profits from very poor quality cheaply made tools usually packaged in a fancy impractical case in an attempt to make them look good, or maybe you get a free tool kit with your training, there's no such thing as free, you get what you pay for. Good tools cost money, thus, not allowing them to make enough profit.

Fact is, most good dent men use the same few bars to do most of their work, maybe just 5 or 6 rods, the rest are there for the odd occasion if the 5 or 6 can’t get on the dent, it is vital that you piece together your toolkit yourself. The reason for this is simple, if you were starting out as a mechanic you wouldn’t walk on to the Snap-On van and ask for a mechanics kit, you’d probably get done for about £25,000, and sold a load of stuff you don’t need, we are all individuals and all work slightly different, we are different shapes and sizes and we all use our own eyes. It’s the same in every trade, plumbers, electricians, panel beaters etc all slowly piece together their own kits over the years and PDR is exactly the same, to put it in simple terms, what’s the point of having 30 PDR rods if you can’t take a dent out with 1.

At Dentrix we lay our cards on the table, right from the start

You will be in a class of 4 students sharing the cost of the trainer. You have bought the trainer for the week, no need to gain revenue elsewhere.

Complete honesty regarding tools, we supply tools to trainees if they wish to purchase them from us. We tell all trainees where we purchase these tools, allowing them to purchase them direct. We also tell our students where not to buy, Yes we have been ripped off too, with tools that look great on the web but go rusty, bend or even break within days of purchasing. You don't have to take that chance.

If you think that four students per class are too many, please read our feedback page. Our success through training speaks for itself; some of the top names in PDR were trained by our trainer.

The most important part of becoming a competent PDR specialist is, The Trainer. If you are considering a complete change of career don't compromise on the training or venue, a training school maybe closer to you but it doesn't mean you are going to save money. If the venue or teachers are inadequate, you will not get the head start you need. The money you spend on a good B&B and travel can easily be saved by not being conned into unnecessary PDR tools.

Many people attend a PDR training course and come away believing they are unable to move forward and develop into a competent PDR technician. This is primarily because of the inadequate training provided and the PDR tools they are talked into buying. We have had people contact us after attending training courses with other companies, asking for pointers on where they are going wrong. Sadly, on many occasions this problem is just down to the PDR tools they have been sold. On inspection of the PDR tools, we are finding PDR tools for side panel/door damage are not made to actually reach the dent in need of repair; these tools can be completely rotated within the door skin. Tools being unnecessarily replicated, and tools of poor quality manufacturing not suitable for removing the dents as promised. Ask the PDR trainer/company you buy tools from if they use these PDR tools themselves, whilst repairing for car dealerships and retail customers alike. Ask them to demonstrate all the tools, on a real life repair, the complete kit if you intend to buy in kit form. Importantly, research as many PDR tool companies as you can. The best PDR tool companies are owned and run by ex PDR Techs, they know what we like and specialise in making PDR tools just for PDR technicians, many to custom requirements. It is not uncommon for a PDR technician to have a selection of tools from various outlets in his tool bag. Remember, quality not quantity.

Always research the PDR training company you are interested in. Talk personally to the PDR trainer, ask if it will be him training you or will it be an employee. If you can, visit the venue and watch him removing dents prior to booking on any PDR course. Check feedback from previous trainees. This should not cost you a penny.

Do not be fooled into believing that you will be an earning PDR specialist after any PDR training course, this is a skill that requires: Self motivation, time, patience, concentration and dedication and plenty of practice. Do not waste your money on any 2, 3 or 4 week PDR training courses all at the same time; you will only be paying for someone else to watch you practice what you learnt in the first week. A 5 day PDR course is sufficient for teaching the basics in PDR.

Only re-book a 2nd PDR training course once you have practiced the basics and feel confident to move on, this should take at least two months and then, only book a subsequent PDR training course if you really feel it necessary. A good PDR training company will be happy to offer ongoing support and help with any problems.

PDR Training Requirements

We don't want you to waste your money or time. We want only the most focused people with adequate physical condition to attend our concentrated PDR training courses. 20/20 correctable vision (glasses or contacts are fine) PDR is physical, requiring adequate health.

For FREE, no obligation advice as to what to ask any PDR company regarding PDR Training Courses or PDR tools, Please feel free to call our head office on 01420 83776

Or Email: using the contact us page