Program Length: 1800 hours.

If you are ready to turn your passion into a profession with a diploma/ASE certificate in Automotive Technology, the future is yours.

Course Content: This program focuses on broad, transferable skills and stresses understanding and demonstration of the following elements of the Automotive industry; planning, management, finance, technical and product skills, underlying principles of technology, labor issues, community issues and health, safety, and environmental issues. FCTC is a center of Automotive Emphasis and is ASE/NATEF certified.

Basic Skills Requirements: Mathematics – 10; Language – 9; Reading - 9

Prepares students for employment as: Automotive Lube Technicians (OCP A), Automobile Services Assistor (OCP B), Engine Repair Technicians (OCP C), Automatic Transmission and Transaxle Technicians (OCP D), Manual Drivetrain and Axle Technicians (OCP E), Automotive Suspension and Steering Technicians (OCP F), Automotive Brake System Technicians (OCP G), Automotive Electrical/Electronic System Technicians (OCP H), Automotive Heating and Air Conditioning Technicians (OCP I), and Automotive Engine Performance Technicians (OCP J).

For students successfully completing the Automotive Service Technology program, an articulation agreement exists for qualified graduates to articulate 47 (forty-seven) college credit hours to the AAS/AS Degree in Automotive Service Management Technology program at Florida Community College at Jacksonville.

Average Annual Salary: $36,480 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2007)

Job Placement Rate: 100% (2005)

Approximate Cost:

Registration $20

Tuition/Lab $3820

Books $130.00

Tools, Equipment, Supplies $130

Approximate Total $4160.00