Basic Car Maintenance
Start Date | 01/08/2024
Time/Day | 18:00 - 21:00 TBA
Is this course for me?
Would you like to gain a better understanding of your vehicle and be able to carry out basic maintenance tasks?What will I study?
How long is the course?
How will I be assessed?
What qualifications do I need?
What can I progress onto?
Course Fees
| 16-18 Year Olds | 19+ year olds | Free for eligible learners? | Is Loan Available? |
Vehicle Technicians, Mechanics and Electricians
Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians accept calls for help and repair and service the mechanical parts and electrical/electronic circuitry and components of cars, lorries, buses, motorcycles and other motor vehicles, and repair and service auto air-conditioning systems.
Requirements: Level 3 NVQ; A Levels
Opportunities
What could you earn
Typical Tasks
- Repairs and services air conditioning, heating and engine-cooling systems.
- Installs additional electrical amenities such as radio/CD players, aerials.
- Checks condition of electrical/electronic systems and carries out servicing tasks.
- Diagnoses faults in electrical/electronic circuitry, removes faulty components and fits replacements.
- Carries out routine maintenance checks on oil and air filters, brakes and other vehicle parts/systems.
- Reassembles, tests, adjusts and tunes the appropriate parts, systems or entire engine.
- Removes, dismantles, repairs and replaces defective parts and prepares new parts using appropriate tools.
- Visually checks, test drives or uses test equipment to diagnose engine and mechanical faults.
Knowledge
Skills
Vehicle Body Builders and Repairers
Vehicle body builders and repairers construct and repair the bodies of road vehicles, and fit interior and exterior fittings to vehicle bodies.
Requirements: Level 3 NVQ; A Levels
Opportunities
What could you earn
Typical Tasks
- Positions, secures and repairs external fittings including windows, doors, door handles, catches and roof attachments.
- Installs and repairs interior fittings including seats, seatbelts and fascia in cars, sinks and special features in caravans and mobile shops.
- Hammers out dents in bodywork, fills in small depressions or corroded areas in solder, plastic or other filler compound and replaces body panels using hand and power tools.
- Repairs damage to chassis and engine mountings using hydraulic rams, jacks and jigs.
- Selects, cuts, shapes and assembles materials to form parts of vehicle underframe, framework and body.
- Diagnoses job requirements or ascertains work specifications from drawings or instructions.
Knowledge
Skills
Course fees shown are per annum for University Centre courses. Courses lasting longer than one year, fees will be payable per year.
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