Automotive Mechanics Course Description
This course aims to provide students with the knowledge and skill required to work towards a career as a service mechanic for light vehicles in the automotive service and repair industry.
Automotive technician certificate programs prepare trainees for automobile repair positions and provide the skills needed for advancement within the industry. The certificate programs in automotive require around two years of training. Trainees spend numerous hours in automotive workshop learning such aspects as brakes, exhaust systems, heating and air conditioning, engines, batteries and transmissions.
We offer specializations tailored to specific brands of automobiles. Priority is attached to the following during training.
- Automotive brake systems
- Electronic fuel management systems
- Automatic transmission
- Automotive HVAC
- Automotive engines
Course content
- Apply safe working practice in an automotive workplace
- Apply environmental and mechanical system fundamentals
- Use and maintain workplace tools and equipment
- Apply automotive electrical system fundamentals
- Inspect and service batteries
- Inspect and service cooling system
- Inspect and service engines
- Remove, inspect and refit light vehicle wheels assemblies
- Solve routine problems in an automotive workplace
- Communicate effectively in an automotive workplace
Course Features
- Lectures