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🚗 Automotive Technician
Auto techs diagnose and repair vehicles, increasingly including hybrid and electric systems. Let's look at how someone gets there.
What they do
- Run diagnostic scans
- Repair engines and brakes
- Service EV batteries
- Explain repairs to owners
Skills you use
- Diagnostics
- Electronics
- Precision
- Communication
School subjects that help
Training steps
- Automotive technology program
- Manufacturer-specific training
Certifications & licenses
- ASE certifications
- EV high-voltage safety
Every route in
- Education or training
- Technical program or dealer training after high school.
- College path
- Associate degrees in automotive technology.
- Trade or apprenticeship path
- Trade school plus shop apprenticeship.
- Ownership path
- Independent repair shops and mobile mechanic businesses.
The path from today
- TodayStudy Science, Mathematics, Computer Science & Coding.
- Skills to buildDiagnostics · Electronics · Precision · Communication
- Training stepsAutomotive technology program → Manufacturer-specific training
- Education or trainingTechnical program or dealer training after high school.
- Certifications & licensesASE certifications · EV high-voltage safety
- CareerAutomotive Technician
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