Automotive

2019 Median Pay: $42,090 per year; $20.24 per hour

Typical Entry-Level Education: Postsecondary nondegree award

Work Experience in a Related Occupation: None

On-the-job Training: Short-term on-the-job training

Job Outlook, 2018-28: -1% (little or no change)

Source: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/installation-maintenance-and-repair/automotive-service-technicians-and-mechanics.htm

For high school students in Loudoun County.

1 year pathway
Grades 11 & 12
Each Semester 1.5 credits
Qualify for sponsored apprenticeship programs.
Semester 1:
- Lab fee: $40
- shop materials, equipment, tools, procedures, and manuals
- Basic welding, aligning, roughing out, and replacing and refinishing (painting) of auto body sheet metal, plastics, urethane, and composites
- Fundamentals of auto body repair estimating
Semester 2
- Lab fee: NONE
- develop their knowledge and skills through applied theory and hands-on shop projects using knowledge learned in Collision Repair Technology I
- engine cooling systems, automotive circuits and wires, underbody measurement, and structural alignment
- career options such as auto collision repair technician, automotive refinishing technician, automotive parts specialist, detail technician, estimator, and insurance adjuster

2 year pathway
Internship programs are available
This course is part of the Loudoun Governor’s Career and Technical STEM Academy.
Auto Servicing Technology 1:
- Grade 11
- Credits: 1.5
- Lab fee: $30
- develop the skills needed to follow environmental and safety practices and inspect, diagnose, adjust, and repair the systems of the modern technological automobile
- An industry standard curriculum, master-certified, credentialed by the Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) and National Automotive Technician Educational Foundation (NATEF)
Auto Servicing Technology 2:
- Grade 11
- Credits: 1.5
- Lab Fee: NONE
- covers environmental and safety practices and inspections, diagnosing, adjusting, and repairing the systems of the modern technological automobile
- provides the student the training format to proceed from the basic- to advanced-level technician in Electricity, Manual Drive train and Axle, Engine Performance, and Automatic Transmission. Students may obtain ASE certification in these areas
Auto Servicing Technology III
- Grade 12
- Credits: 3
- Lab fee: $30
- covers the full second year of instruction in provides the student the training format to proceed from the basic- to advanced-level technician in Electricity, Manual Drivetrain and Axle, Engine Performance, and Automatic Transmission