Auto Industry Training Series: What Will Your Technicians Be Able to Achieve with Training?
What should your technician training program look like?
As you develop an appropriate technician training program for your workspace, there are many resources to consider, and many directions to go. If you are deciding what your automotive technician training or technical training program should look like, we are here to help you define an ideal structure and format— and find resources that fit.
Our Auto Industry Training Series is designed to offer insight and guidance on crafting a technician training program, depending on the needs of your workspace and your preferred training styles. Read on and hopefully you can feel more informed when choosing the right resources and priorities for your program.
What Will Your Technicians Be Able to Achieve with Training?
- Certification
- Job Advancement
Certification
If you want your technicians and trainees to be qualified to work on a broader range of vehicle issues or types, Certification should likely be the main goal of their technician training. Make sure their training gives ample attention to the areas of auto mechanic certification you would like to have them obtain. There are plenty of certification goals and qualifications your technicians can be working towards and taking automotive certification courses for. These may include various ASE, NATEF and AED certifications, Master Status certifications, EPA Section 609 certification (refrigerant handling) and specific manufacturer or service certifications as well.
Training Technicians for Certification? The following CDX Learning curricula correlate directly and prepare students for the following specific ASE and NATEF certification goals:
Fundamentals of Automotive Technology – ASE G1, A1-A81
Fundamentals of Automotive Maintenance and Light Repair – ASE G1
Automotive Engine Repair – ASE A1
Automotive Automatic Transmission and Transaxles – ASE A2
Automotive Drivetrain and Manual Transmissions – ASE A3
Automotive Steering and Suspension – ASE A4
Automotive Braking Systems – ASE A5
Automotive Electricity and Electronics – ASE A6
Advanced Automotive Electricity and Electronics – ASE A6
Automotive Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning – ASE A7
Automotive Engine Performance – ASE A8
Advanced Automotive Engine Performance – ASE L1
Light Vehicle Diesel Engines – ASE A9
Fundamentals of Medium/Heavy Duty Commercial Vehicle Systems – ASE T series
Fundamentals of Medium/Heavy Duty Diesel Engines – ASE T series
Fundamentals of Mobile Heavy Equipment – AED Foundation Certification
Light Duty Hybrid-Electric Vehicle (**Coming Soon to CDX in 2022!**) – ASE L3
Job Advancement
If you want technicians to be able to build a career in your shop, your technician training program should be the benchmark for promotions and advancement. Additionally, giving newer technicians the opportunity to shadow lead technicians or to work as an assistant can help them gain more experience and better prepare them for advancement in your facility.
It is also important to consistently present your technicians with opportunities to keep their skills up to date. Outsourcing technician training in this way may mean sending technicians to factory or manufacturers training, many of which offer after-market auto mechanic training efforts and automotive courses in various areas.
Want to better prep technicians for the work force? Technicians can build the soft skills needed for success with CDX Learning’s Employment Readiness course, to become the ideal candidate for any position in the technician industry.
Complete with robust online components, CDX Online is the perfect resource to implement digital instruction to an automotive course and apply remote learning solutions to your curriculum. To learn more about advanced auto training resources for your classroom, click the option for Online Access on many of our product catalog pages below.