[Dave L]

I attended an autobody course offered through a local high school years ago. The sessions were a few hours each week and had a heavy hands on approach. The teacher taught a few basics at first (make a patch panel, weld etc) but as the course progressed he simply moved from project to project offering tips along the way. During the 3 months I banged out a dent, filled in an antenna hole, rebuilt the inside of a fender liner and welded in a patch panel or 2.

The nice thing about the sessions is that I could learn a skill then over the course of the next week spend my time doing fiberglass, bondo or sanding. Having a weekend long session may leave your students half way thorugh a project or worse spending hours of teaching time sanding.