Automotive Technology - Big Bend Community College

The Automotive Technology program is two years (six quarters) in length and is designed to develop entry level employment skills for those seeking career opportunities in the automotive repair field. As long as there are vehicles on the road, there will always be a need for highly skilled automotive technicians to maintain, service and repair them.

Graduates will have received training in all aspects of automotive maintenance, service, and repair, as well as skills and knowledge required for nationally accredited Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) certification.

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Graduates will demonstrate proper shop safety procedures and hazardous waste handling while performing repairs and diagnostics in the lab.
Graduates will use proper tools during repair and diagnostic work in the lab.
Graduates demonstrate the ability to retrieve service information from manuals and on-line sources.
By program completion, graduates will pass the ASE Student Exams including engine repair, automatic transmissions, manual transmissions, steering and suspension, brakes, electrical/electronics, HVAC, and engine performance.
Students will be able to communicate clearly and effectively within a workplace context.
Students will be able to reason mathematically using methods appropriate to the profession.
Students will be able to demonstrate teamwork and/or workplace specific skills related to human relations.