Workplace Technical Skills

Catalog description

<h3><span style="color: #993300;"><em>MUST BE IN THE AUTOMOTIVE OR DIESEL PROGRAM TO TAKE THIS COURSE</em></span></h3> This course introduces students to personal and work related strategies for seeking and keeping employment. This includes an employment plan, cover letter, resume and interview. Students will study professionalism, teamwork, how to properly dress for an interview, how to accept a job, and how to interact with employers and other employees. Students will also learn how to write warranty reports, work orders, estimates, and how technicians are compensated. Students will be introduced to different types of communications, as well as how to tell the difference between technical and people skills. Students will set short and long term goals.