Welcome to the Independent Windscreen Academy

Automotive glazing requires a complex set of skills.

Today’s windscreens are known in the business as ‘smart’ glass. They incorporate solar and hydrophobic coatings, rain, light and heat sensors, radio and GPS antennae and even Head-Up Display.

As well as providing increased functionality, the windscreen is now a major structural component, providing as much as 30% of a vehicle’s strength, as manufacturers see the benefits of glass in both vehicle design and construction.

In this critically important industry, therefore, the windscreen fitter has needed to adapt to become a highly skilled technician.

It is IWA’s mission to help businesses in the automotive glazing and body repair sectors step up to new challenges and realise their full potential by improving the skills, competence and knowledge of people at the sharp end.

Investing in skills and getting industry recognition for them is good for business and we can show you why and how it can work for yours.

Please get in touch to see how the Independent Windscreen Academy can help you and your business develop.