Start your Engine: Automotive Trade Courses
Your favorite toy as a child was a set of Matchbox cars.
Your dad taught you to drive at 13. You started saving money for your first car
long before your 16th birthday. Now you spend weekends taking apart
anything with wheels and putting it back together. Turn your passion into a
career by enrolling in an automotive degree program.
Today’s car mechanics need more expertise than
an apprenticeship. Most high school programs train students to become
assistants, therefore an accredited post-secondary program is recommended to
take full advantage of the job opportunities.
In addition to schooling, you might
want to consider becoming certified by the National Institute for Automotive
Service Excellence, or ASE. The certification is voluntary, but is a standard
credential in the industry.
Examples of Courses of Study
Associate’s
Degree in Advanced Diagnostics
Auto NIT
Long Beach
Chassis
Fabrication and High Performance Engines
Diesel Technology
Marine Technology
Motorcycle Technology
Street Rod and Custom Fabrication
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Students in automotive programs may cover
topics from general education (e.g. decision making, technical writing, algebra,
trigonometry, physics, industrial organizational psychology, job seeking skills,
safe working practices, use and maintenance of workplace tools and equipment) to
automotive repair (e.g. engines, automatic transmissions, manual
drive trains, suspension and steering, brakes, electrical systems, and heating
and air-conditioning) to automotive
computers (e.g. dashboard instruments, global positioning systems, Internet
access) to the science and mechanics behind alternative-fuels and the car (e.g.
dehydrogenization of water, electric fuel cells, natural gas,
solar power, hybrids.)
Classes may
include:
· Alternate Fuel &
Vehicle Systems
· Automotive
Electricity
· Auto Marketing &
Distribution
· Automotive
Welding
· Computerized
Engine Controls
· Diesel Fuel
Systems Technology
· Dynamometer
Testing
· Engine Air Flow
Analysis
· Fluid Power
Fundamentals
· Introduction to
Automotive Technology
· OSHA Laws &
Regulations
· Steering and
Suspension
For more information for Automotive
programs, click here.
