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Automotive technology is a great career opportunity
for high school students to consider because
the industry, the repair industry,
has a lot of jobs.
Students can definitely get
a very good job in this field
with a certificate or with an associate’s degree.
Our associate’s degree is also recognized
by two universities.
Now, the students who go on and get a bachelor’s degree
are not going to be repairing vehicles.
They’re going to be working for manufacturers
or suppliers in other capacities.
>> Before I actually enrolled at Moraine,
I was looking at trade schools
and other colleges that offer automotive.
A lot of them are really expensive, but
I realized that at Moraine,
I can learn the same stuff
that they offer but for a way cheaper price.
So, I thought it was just,
“a bang for my buck” kind of deal.
>> Some of the unexpected jobs that,
you know, our students could attain
would be mechanical claims adjustor –
somebody that’s going to be inspecting
to see if the vehicle was maintained properly
in order to see if it was covered,
if the repair work is going to be covered
under the extended warranty.
Another one might be a service advisor –
somebody that greets you when you bring
your car to a service department.
Somebody that’s got to have some selling skills,
and also know enough about the car
to be able to talk at the customer’s level
and explain to them what needs to be done,
why it needs to be done.
Sometimes shop managers,
and sometimes working for corporations,
you know, either the manufacturers
as a service representative,
or working for a supplier
that supplies the manufacturers
with components and systems.
So, those are some of the unexpected jobs
that students in this field could attain.
All of our instructors
are required to be ASE certified
in areas that they teach.
Most of the instructors,
including myself are master certified.
I myself was a technician before
I became an educator.
Most of our faculty are that way.
They worked on cars before they started teaching
and some of them for many, many years.
>> They teach you everything.
They give you all the concepts.
They give you all the book work, and
you can ask questions whenever you want. And,
not only that, but when you learn it in the class,
you actually go in the shop
and learn it hands on.
So, after I graduate and I intern with Nissan,
if I work there for two more years,
I get reimbursed for a lot of my tuition,
which is really awesome.
So, after I graduate from Moraine, I definitely want
to stay at Nissan and earn that reimbursement
and, you know, climb the ranks of becoming
a master tech, and hopefully, maybe one day, I’ll
be able to own my own shop and
work on the things I want to work on and
make a lot of money!
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