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Auto Technology and Dealership Training is a two-year class wich offers students an opportunity to train for skilled positions in the automotive professions. This program develops student technical, analytical, and communication skill for entry-level employment or post-secondary school training in the automotive industry. Students are provided instruction and hands-on experience in the maintenance, repair, and sales and marketing of automobiles.

    • Suspension and steering
    • Brakes and electrical systems
    • Air conditioning and heating systems
    • State-of-the-art automotive technology
    • Workplace and management skills
    • Ability to process written information at an 11th grade level
    • Ability to repeat information given in multi-modal lectures and text in a outline arrangement, on matching, multiple choice, and true-false tests
    • Ability to do the 4 math operations without a calculator with decimals
    • Ablity to measure to a 32nd of an inch
    • Communications skills - verbal and written skills needed for estimates / diagnosis
    • Automotive technician apprentice
    • Automotive machinist assistant
    • Automotive parts specialist
    • Customorer service advisor
    • Transportation maintenance technician
    • General service assistant
    • Engine performance technician
    • Tranismission / transaxle assistant
    • Quality assurance monitor
    • First year:3.0 credits
    • Second year:3.0 credits
    • Internship:0.5 credits
    • Advanced Technology credit: second year only
    • $2.50 Safety glasses
    • $40.00 Coveralls
    • $15.00 Skills USA Membership
    • First year: 506192-1A / 506292-1B
    • Second year: 506792-2A / 506892-2B
    • Automotive Technology Internship: 570392

March 8, 2007