Automotive Service Technician

About this programme

If you love working on vehicles, the Automotive Service Technician program could be the route for you. We can provide you with more hands-on, realistic work than what you would find in other institutions, making lab assignments more enjoyable and interesting. The following trade information is drawn from www.tradesecrets.alberta.ca . The term of apprenticeship for an automotive service technician is 4 years (four 12-month periods) including a minimum of 1530 hours of on-the-job training and 9 weeks of technical training each year. Automotive Service Technicians perform preventative maintenance, diagnose faulty operations, and make repairs to automotive vehicles and light trucks. Automotive service technicians adjust, test and repair engines, transmissions, steering systems, brake systems, drive trains, vehicle suspensions, electrical systems, and air conditioning systems, and do wheel alignments. In large shops, they sometimes specialize in repairing, rebuilding, and servicing specific parts (e.g., transmissions, engines, electrical components). In smaller shops, automotive service technicians may work on a wider variety of repair jobs. Automotive service technicians begin by reading the work order and examining the vehicle. To locate the cause of faulty operation and repair it, they: Automotive service technicians also may perform scheduled maintenance services such as oil changes, lubrications and tune ups; and advise customers on work performed, general vehicle conditions and future repair requirements.