This field deals with the study and use of light as energy and information. It includes lasers, CD technology, fiber optics and lenses and it presents unlimited opportunities for careers in research and product design in fields as diverse as heath care and entertainment. Featured are technicians with community college associates degrees as well as scientists with advanced degrees. Todays cars and trucks are complex, computerized machines which require better educated technicians to keep then on the road. This program features well paying opportunities for automobile repair, truck repair and collision repair and refinish technicians.
Emphasis is on the training, retraining and certification needed and where to get it.
By the year 2000, there will be millions of vehicles running on fuels other than gasoline. The changes are mandated by our need to become less dependent on foreign oil and by the need for cleaner air. As more vehicles use these alternative fuels, we will need many more qualified technicians to take care of them . This program introduces some of the experienced qualified technicians working at dealerships, airports and fleet operations who find this work both interesting and important to our future. With over 200 million cars and trucks in the US and each vehicle comprised of thousands of parts, the automotive and truck parts specialist is becoming an increasingly important part of the automotive industry.