Program Title
Drive Train Technician
TOPs Code
Automotive Technology (094800)
Projected Start Date
2018-08-27
Program Description
A Drive Train Technician degree recipient will have demonstrated competencies necessary to diagnose, service, and maintain suspension systems, braking systems, manual transmissions, automatic transmissions, transxales, and differentials. To earn this degree, students must also complete the requirements listed in Column 1 of the General Education Breadth Requirements for Columbia College.
Enrollment Completer Projections
There are typically 25 - 28 students enrolled full-time annually in the automotive technology program. While there is a trend of high program completers with certificates of achievements, only 1-4 students annually will complete a degree program due to the general education requirements. The automotive technology program advisory committee has recommended a certificate of achievement that will have the same automotive coursework requirements as this degree program. However, that certificate of achievement will not be officially proposed until the single full-time faculty member in the program can make the new certificate a priority.
Because this degree award is replacing a degree award, enrollments (25-28) and degree completers (1-4) will likely be the same as the past several years.
CIP Code(s):
• 470604 Automotive Mechanics Technology
Geography: Mother Lode Region (Includes: Amador County, Calaveras County, Mariposa County, Tuolumne County, Stanislaus County)
493023 (SOC)
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
2008 Employment: 630
Annual Job Openings: 35
Source: http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/commcolleges/Projections.asp