The Automotive Technology program offers exciting careers and unlimited opportunities. Through the use of modern equipment and A.S.E. master certified instructors, students learn how to diagnose and repair the modern automobile. This is a "hands-on" training program that allows plenty of lab time to develop the skills needed to be a successful automotive technician. Through your choices of electives, you can study:
Alternative Fuel Technician: An alternative fuel technician needs an understanding of traditional vehicle maintenance and repair skills combined with knowledge of alternative fuel systems. This concentration will offer training in safe handling of fuel systems and problem solving techniques.
Automotive Service Management: Automotive shops operate at their best when they're run smoothly. This concentration will help you develop the necessary wide variety of managerial and technical skills, such as hiring, training, supervision, inventory control, computing, and budget management.
Auto Service: Modern cars need trained technicians to diagnose and repair them. This concentration offers "hands-on" training in engine rebuilding, fuel injection, automatic transmission/transaxle, computer engine control diagnosis and more.
SAMPLE CAREERS IN THIS FIELD: Body Repair Technician, Insurance Adjuster, Damage Appraiser, Toyota T-TEN Technician, Automotive Service and Sales Manager
DEGREES AVAILABLE: Associate of Applied Science, Technical Certificate, Certificate. Availability of degrees varies by campus. Contact your campus of interest below for more information
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY CERTIFICATES
Certificates are sequences of technical and professional courses. They provide access to targeted, short-term workforce training, and completers may sit for specific certification exams. Courses in certificate programs also apply toward technical certificates and associate degree programs in the subject area.
Certificates currently offered in this field are:
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY TECHNICAL CERTIFICATE
Technical Certificate programs provide education in conceptual and technical skills for specific occupations. Each program contains a sequence of required courses in a recognized concentration within one of the programs at the College. The program content is designed to develop competency in the comprehension of general and technical skills. Certificate programs require mastery of basic reading, writing, mathematical and algebraic skills. Program and Employment Information
To earn this degree, you must have 31-33 credits in the following areas:
Technical Certificate Concentrations:
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE
To earn this degree, you must have 70-73 credits in the following areas:
CURRICULUM
View the curriculum for this program and all others currently available at Ivy Tech.
LOCATIONS
The Automotive Technology program is offered at the following campuses. Please click on the campus of interest below for contact and campus specific program information:
Contact:
Ron Finney, Chair
(317) 269-9273
rfinney@ivytech.edu
Local Curriculum
T-TEN is a world class training program with the ultimate goal of training and placing Toyota and Lexus certified technicians in a dealership position.
Toyota T-TEN is a cooperative education program that combines hands-on classroom training with paid in-dealership work experience. Students have the option of completing a 2 year AAS degree or a 1 year technical certificate.
Upon completion:
Successful graduates can obtain full time employment at a Toyota/Lexus dealership earning competitive starting wages in the $32,000 to $46,000 range. Dealership Master Technicians make over $80,000 per year. Successful graduates will also have earned their Associate of Applied Science degree or Technical Certificate, a minimum of 2 ASE certifications in addition to the Toyota Certifications. These students have the ability to transfer to many four year universities to earn a baccalaureate degree.
For more information or to arrange a tour of the program, contact:
Randy Fox
(317) 269-9223
rfox2@ivytech.edu
Ron Finney
(317) 269-9273
rfinney@ivytech.edu
The General Motors Automotive Service Education Program (GM ASEP) is a comprehensive two year Associate of Applied Science Degree, cooperative education training program where students alternate between classroom/lab work at the college and paid hands on work experience at a sponsoring GM Dealership or AC Delco Service facility. Upon successful completion of the program, students will have earned an Associate of Applied Science degree in Automotive Technology and completed up to 94% of the GM Service Technical College (STC) required training. These graduates are GM certified and ready to start a great fulltime career servicing GM vehicles.
For More information or to apply, contact:
Keith Huettl 317-269-9272 khuettl@ivytech.edu
Andrew Deere 317-269-9232 adeere@ivytech.edu
Ron Finney 317-269-9273 rfinney@ivytech.edu
Michael Erny, program chair
800-459-0561, ext. 701
Concentrations:
Auto Service
Automotive Service Management
For more information contact Harry Smyers at 574-289-7001, ext. 5382 or hsmyers@ivytech.edu.
Contact:
Bob Huffman, Program Chair
260-481-2247
rhuffman10@ivytech.edu
Javier Rivera
EC Campus
(219)392-3600
Robert M. Frantz,
Assistant Professor/Program
Chair
Automotive Technology
Ivy Tech Community
College - Richmond
2357 Chester Boulevard
Richmond,
IN 47374-1298
Fax:765-962-8741
Phone: 765-966-2656
x4016, Toll Free: 800-659-4562 x4016
Email: bfrantz@ivytech.edu
www.ivytech.edu/richmond
Local Curriculum
Concentrations in this Program:
Contact:
Mike Davis
Program Chair
812-298-2371
mdavis@ivytech.edu