As a student in an automotive technology class, you are acquiring the basic skills and knowledge you'll need to succeed as an entry-level technician. It's a good beginning to what will become a familiar part of your chosen career. Ongoing training is as much a part of becoming a successful technician as a good set of tools. In fact, the training you attend throughout your career will be an essential part of your repair and diagnostic tool kit.

The need for update training for automotive technicians is continually growing. Not only is automotive technology becoming more sophisticated, but state and federal regulations are becoming more demanding for the vehicle service industry. Technicians must be able to identify and participate in quality training, and may need to show documentation that they have attended specific training in order to perform certain types of repairs, particularly those emission-related. Once you get on the job, the best way to identify the quality ongoing training you'll need is through the ASE CASE program.

The Continuing Automotive Service Education (CASE) program helps technicians identify quality in-service training providers and recognizes those that meet the CASE standards with ASE certification. Developed as 3rd-party standard for in-service training, CASE helps "level the playing field" by giving technicians a quality standard for reference when evaluating training needs. The National Automotive Technic...

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