AUTO 110 Automotive Introduction

• Explore education in chosen field based on the understanding of the large scope and employment opportunities of the transportation industry
• Make realistic and professional purchasing and use decisions based on an understanding of major tool equipment brands and qualities
• Identify, care for, and use basic hand tools
• Use and apply standard and metric vernier calipers, micrometers, torque wrenches, and other measuring tools
• Identify and utilize bolts, screws, locking devices, keys, studs, pins, dowels, snap rings, rivets, clamps, inserts, heli-coils, and specialty fasteners
• Use the principles of series and parallel circuits to determine electrical values
• Use multimeters and other test equipment to determine voltage, amperage, parasitic drain, ohmmatic value, continuity, and voltage drops
• Set up and perform gas welding & MIG welding
• Follow the certification laws and standards of the mobile refrigeration industry
• Use recycling and recovery equipment and properly store refrigerant
• Demonstrate communication and customer relation skills needed to interact professionally with employers, customers, and colleagues
• Utilize the internet and Microsoft Word to develop a trade applicable Globally Harmonized System notebook and resume template
• Apply ohms law to determine the expectations of the values of an electrical circuit and use these values to test the circuit using a multimeter
• Participate in organizing a team to conduct industry visits
• Participate in a group to develop questions to ask employers, gather information from employers, and work with peers to determine what information will be used in each individual report