Course Description:

Prepare for entry level employment in the automotive industry. Learn lab safety, tool identification, precision measurement, and engine operation. Maintenance, tune-up, diagnostics and troubleshooting of ignition and electronic fuel injection systems, brakes, standard transmissions and clutch and lubrication systems will also be covered.

Career Areas:

Auto Machine Assistant

Auto Body Repair

Auto Painter

Parts Clerk

Parts Foreman

Automotive Machinist

Chassis Worker

Dealership Service Representative or Foreman

Engine Technican

Mechanics and Installers

Specialty Technicians

Job Outlook:

Job opportunities in this occupation are expected to be very good for persons who complete automotive training programs in high school along with additional post-secondary education such as in vocational or technical schools, or community colleges as employers report difficulty in finding workers with the right skills. Persons with good diagnostic and problem-solving abilities, and whose training includes basic career development skills as well as electronics and computer courses have the best opportunities.

Fremont High            Gunn High                     Los Altos High                              Palo Alto High

Bill Wishart                Mike Camicia                 Greg Ely                                        Doyle Knight   

DeAnza College and Homestead 

Larry Smith

Articulated with DeAnza’s Auto Technology 50A and 50 B – Intro to Automotive Principles and Applied Automotive Principles