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About the Academy
Instruction grounded in the field.
Automotive Appraisal Academy teaches Automotive Appraisal Training in a professional classroom in Encino, California, using a curriculum the Academy writes and maintains itself.
Teaching approach
A classroom, not just a course outline.
The Academy teaches Automotive Appraisal Training in person, in its own classroom in Encino, California. The curriculum is written and maintained by the Academy itself and is kept current rather than left static, so lessons stay tied to how appraisal, estimating, and repair work actually operate.
Instructor team
Credentials and field experience.
At the team level, Academy instructors hold ASE certification and I-CAR Platinum certification, and bring 7+ years of field experience that includes time in insurance-company roles and in automotive body and mechanical shop roles.
ASE Certified
Instructors hold ASE certification as one measure of technical credential.
I-CAR Platinum Certified
Instructors also hold I-CAR Platinum certification.
Insurance-Side Experience
Field experience includes time working within insurance companies.
Repair-Side Experience
Field experience also includes time in automotive body and mechanical shops.
Meet the instructors
Instructor names on request.
This page describes instructor credentials and experience at the team level rather than publishing individual names or bios. Prospective students may ask the Academy for the current instructor names assigned to a cohort and verify which certifications apply to each instructor directly with the certifying body.
No instructor biography on this website is invented or assumed. Anything not stated here should be confirmed directly with the Academy.
Connected to the industry
Owned alongside a working collision repair facility.
Automotive Appraisal Academy is affiliated with Ventura Collision Center, a collision repair facility serving the Los Angeles area. That connection is one reason instruction stays tied to real shop-floor and insurance-side experience rather than classroom theory alone.