Entry Level Quick Service Technician

The Entry Level Quick Service Technician certificate option prepares students for employment as entry-level automotive technicians. Through courses focusing on the mechanical areas of the vehicles, including basics in electrical, suspension, and brakes, students learn how to use specialty equipment and hand tools found in automotive service and repair facilities. Core topics include maintenance and service, automotive electrical systems, suspension and brakes diagnosis, and repair. The design, function, and operation of all these systems are also included in the certificate. Graduates are employed as entry-level technicians, general service technicians, quick service technicians, tire and brake technicians, apprentice technicians, or are self-employed. Cognitive ability, hand-eye coordination are recommended for those entering the program. This program is designed to give the completer the necessary skills to enter the automotive service industry with the vocabulary and familiarity of automotive technology service areas.

All the courses are offered each semester and have a total enrolment of about  100 students. Within one or two semesters to 25 students could be successful completers.

This program is designed to give the completer the necessary skills to enter the automotive service industry with the vocabulary and familiarity of automotive technology service areas. The program is designed to assist participants with the skills to enter the industry at a quick service center or tire shop.

The Entry Level Quick Service Certificate will allow students to benchmark their completion of the areas where most entry-level positions are found. Quick service lube retailers and tire and brake service facilities. The Entry Level Quick Service program requires 19 units of which 19 are required. 

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
AUTO 100	Automotive Maintenance and operation	4	S1
AUTO 140	Automotive Steering and Suspension	5	S1
AUTO 150	Automotive Brakes	5	S2
AUTO 160	Introduction to Automotive Electrical	5	S2

Automotive Technology

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