LEVEL 1
Orientation & Foundational Skills
• Demonstrate the knowledge of the role that safety plays in equipment and auto engine repair
• Demonstrate the use and care of appropriate personal protective equipment
• Add, subtract, multiply and divide numbers with and without a calculator
• Demonstrate workplace ethics
• Identify various careers related to equipment and auto engine repair and the expectations for each
• Know and interpret MSDS sheets
• Understand fires and extinguishing methods
• Maintain OACES minimum attendance standards
• Shop safety
Basic Work Skills
• Understand and use terms connected with automotive technologies
• Identify and use measuring and calibrating tools
• Identify the basic hand tools used in automotive technologies
• Demonstrate the safe use of industry related hand tools
• Identify and use industry related power tools
• Identify and use common fasteners
Technical Skills
• Understand and use parts management, inventory control and service orders
• Recognize and understand various engine designs
• Recognize and analyze components and operation of 4-stroke engines
• Recognize and use various parts of cooling systems
• Identify and use various parts of the fuel and lubrication system
• Identify and use basic parts of the governor system
• Identify, test and replace various parts of the electrical system
• Identify, test and replace various parts of the ignition system
• Complete oil and tire changes.
LEVEL 2
4-Stroke Engines
• Define 4-stroke engine terminologies
• Know and use basic engine principals of operations of a 4-stroke engine
• Identify 4-stroke engine parts
• Diagnose 4-stroke engine problems
• Disassemble a 4-stroke engine
• Inspect components to verify that the correct problem has been identified
• Repair/service failed components identified during the inspection
• Reassemble a 4-stroke engine
• Test a 4-stroke engine
Basic Welding Competencies
• Identify and use basic welding tools and safety equipment
• Identify and use various types of welding simulators
• Identify and use MIG, TIG and Stick welders
Disc and Drum Braking System
The training includes the following components:
• Handbrake assembly
• Diagonally split hydraulic circuit
• Master cylinder
• Brake fluid reservoir
• Brake pedal and light
• Front hubs, discs and calipers
• Rear hubs and drums
4, 6 and 8 Cylinder Gasoline Engine Training
The training includes the following:
• The position and mounting of all engine components
• The operation of crankshaft and pistons
• The operation of inlet and exhaust valves
• The timing relationships between engine components
Steering and Suspension System Training
The training offers the following:
• Inspect steering shaft universal joint, flexible coupling, collapsible column, lock cylinder mechanism, and steering wheel.
• Disassemble, inspect, and reassemble rack and pinion steering gear.
• Inspect power steering fluid levels and condition.
• Diagnose power steering fluid leakage.
• Remove, inspect, and replace power steering pump, mounts, seals, pump belt, pump pulley, and pump belt.
• Remove, inspect, and install coil springs and spring insulators.
Certifications/Instructional Outcomes
• Lincoln Welding Safety
• Basic Welding Competencies
• Automotive Technologies – Level I
• Automotive Technologies – Level II