Certificate in Automotive Service Technician

If you enjoy working on cars and trucks, Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s Automotive Service Technician program can fast-track you into a career. In less than a year, you could be working as a technician in an automotive shop, car and truck dealership, specialty shop, service station, or transportation company.

You’ll need good problem-solving skills, mechanical aptitude, and manual dexterity. At the end of the program, you’ll have transferable skills you can apply to other trades, including agricultural machinery technician, heavy-duty equipment technician, truck, and transport mechanic.

Automotive Service Technician is a one-year certificate program offered in Moose Jaw and Saskatoon. You’ll learn how to diagnose, repair, service, and maintain advanced mechanical and electrical systems in today’s vehicles. Get practical, hands-on training in:

• body and trim
• brakes and chassis
• charging, ignition, and starting systems
• clutches and drivelines
• electronics and electrical systems
• engine repair and rebuilding
• fuel and emission systems
• general shop procedures

Learn in Well-Equipped Shops

Learn from highly trained instructors in Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s well-equipped automotive shops. You’ll work on real vehicles donated by local dealers and other sources. You’ll use industry-leading diagnostic and servicing equipment, including tools unique to specific manufacturers. By the time you graduate, you’ll have the kind of practical, hands-on training and experience you will need.

Courses

• ATBD 100 Body Components, Accessories, and Trim
• BRAK 117 Braking Systems 1 (Non-ABS)
• BRAK 118 Braking Systems 2 (Non-ABS)
• BRAK 119 Braking Systems 3 (ABS)
• COMM 127 Fundamental Communication Skills
• DRTR 110 Driveline Systems
• ELCT 106 Electrical Systems 1
• ELCT 107 Electrical Systems 2
• ELCT 108 Starting, Charging, Lighting, and Wipers
• ENGN 125 Engine Systems 1
• ENGN 126 Engine Systems 2
• ENGN 127 Engine Systems 3
• FUEL 102 Introduction to Fuel and Ignition Systems
• MAIN 108 Vehicle Inspection, Apprenticeship, and Mentoring
• MATH 169 Trade Mathematics
• SAFE 103 Automotive Shop Safety
• SHOP 109 Automotive Shop Fundamentals
• STER 106 Steering and Suspension 1
• STER 107 Steering and Suspension 2
• TRNM 109 Final Drive Assemblies
• TRNM 110 Clutches and Transmissions Part 1
• TRNM 111 Clutches and Transmissions Part 2

Total semester credits: 72

Note: Classroom time will include demonstrations and shop work.

When you graduate, look for jobs as an apprentice technician in an automotive shop or service station, in the service or warranty department of vehicle dealerships, in engine machine shops, and in engine building plants. You could work for a public transit agency, a transportation company, or a large company that maintains a fleet of vehicles.

Potential Careers