Automotive Service Technician

Bradley Smith, Department Chair and Program Coordinator
Email address: smithbp@alfredstate.edu

This specialization includes 1,800 hours of practical and classroom training in general automotive repair geared to automotive dealership and independent garage practice. You will receive hands-on experience with all types of automobiles, including domestic, imported, gasoline, diesel, and alternative fuels with labs taught by experts in the field. All systems of the automobile are covered in the instruction, including the latest gasoline fuel injection, electronic controls, emission controls, and automatic transmission overhaul.

Advantages

• Master certified by the National Automotive Technicians Educational Foundation, Inc. (NATEF).
• National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium (NAFTC).
• NYS Licensed Inspection Station.
• Students successfully completing the general automotive service technician program may return for a third year (senior year) in heavy equipment, truck and diesel technician, motorsports technology, or motorcycle and power sports technology and earn a second associate degree.

Alfred State automotive service technician graduates may enter directly into the technology management BBA degree program. Graduates who have credit for freshman composition, statistics, literature, history, and speech may complete the BBA program in two additional years; others may complete the BBA program in two-and-one-half years.

Employment and continuing education rate of 100 percent – 68 percent are employed; 32 percent continued their education.

Autobody Repair
Heavy Equipment, Truck and Diesel Technician
Mechanical Engineering Technology
Motorsports Technology
Welding Technology

Required Tools/Equipment

A list of required tools, equipment, PPE, etc. for all of the program mentioned above can be found at http://www.alfredstate.edu/tool-lists.

A tier 1 laptop computer is required for students entering this degree program. Laptop specifications are available at https://www.alfredstate.edu/required-laptops. 

Entrance Requirements/recommendations

Recommended: Algebra

It is essential that students in this degree program are able to participate fully and safely, with or without reasonable accommodation, in all classroom and laboratory experiences required for completion of the program.  Students in this degree program should be able to:

1. Lift 50 pounds to industry standard automotive lift height
2. Effectively communicate with a person six (6) to ten (10) feet away.
3. Visually decipher small images on a monitor or digital display.
4. Distinguish sounds associated with mechanical failures.
5. Comprehend written information found in service repair resources.
6. Possess a valid motor vehicle driver's license.
7. Function in a safe manner, not placing themselves, faculty, staff, other students, or property in jeopardy.
8. Appropriately and safely use standard laboratory equipment, materials, and instrumentation to include possession of fine motor skills and mobility.

Certification Or Licensure

Automotive Service Technician - AOS Degree