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Download full textCedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2020
The European qualifications framework (EQF), with its eight levels, serves as a translation grid between qualifications acquired in different European countries. Part of Cedefop's work to make qualifications easier to understand and compare, this study takes a closer look at those acquired through initial VET and assigned to EQF levels 3 and 4 via…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Labor Market, National Standards
Direct linkVlacich, Robert K. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to identify what essential elements contribute to success on the Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Student Certification Exam. More specifically, variables such as the students' performance in major specific courses, placement exam scores, work experience, or preadmission experiences were considered. Research on the…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Success, Predictor Variables
Jans, Ruben, Bollen, Ria, – Online Submission, 2008
Employees in technical firms, like garages, need more and more formations. Due to the very fast innovation in technology, lifelong learning is a real need for these labour forces. On the other hand, there are the needed formations very specialized and expensive. Another problem employers faced in these economical sectors in Western Europe is the…
Descriptors: Employees, Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries, Auto Mechanics
McGilvrey, Fred L. – Sch Shop, 1969
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Secondary Education, Trade and Industrial Education
Peer reviewedLundquist, Patricia A. – Tech Directions, 2000
Automotive programs that nationally certified enhance student recruitment and give students better employment opportunities. Technicians who earn the Automotive Service Excellence credential have joined the ranks of professionals in the automotive service industry. (Author/JOW)
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Postsecondary Education, Secondary Education, Standards
Cutshall, Sandy – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers, 2003
A program offered by the National Hot Rod Association's Youth and Educational Services in conjunction with the U.S. Army enables students to learn how the Army can offer a pathway into auto mechanics and related careers. (JOW)
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Career Education, Career Exploration, Secondary Education
Sutphin, Everett – Vocational Education Journal, 1994
The National Institute of Automotive Service Excellence conducts the only industrywide, national certification program for automotive technicians. As other industries explore standards, this program serves as a model. (JOW)
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Certification, Job Skills, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedWagner, Margaret; And Others – Tech Directions, 1993
Includes "National Trouble Shooting Contest--Training Technicians, Not Mechanics" (Wagner); "Front Wheel Drive on a Small Scale" (Waggoner); "Air Bags in Hit and Run on Rack and Pinion Technicians" (Collard); and "Future Technology--A Blind Spot Detector for Highway Driving" (Zoghi, Bellubi). (JOW)
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Higher Education, Restraints (Vehicle Safety), Secondary Education
Morse, David T.; May, Theodore R. – 1978
This book of posttests is designed to accompany the Engine Tune-Up Service Student Guide for Unit 6, Emission Control Systems, available separately as CE 031 220. Focus of the posttests is inspecting, testing, and servicing emission control systems. One multiple choice posttest is provided that covers the seven performance objectives contained in…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Engines, Postsecondary Education, Pretests Posttests
Peer reviewedLewis, Morgan V.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Education Research, 1996
In a study of secondary and postsecondary auto mechanics programs, some certified by the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence, students completed the Test of Cognitive Skills and the auto mechanics certification test. Students in certified programs had higher auto mechanics knowledge scores. (SK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Auto Mechanics, Certification, Job Training
Reese, Susan – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers, 2002
Describes the automotive service technician programs at New Mexico Junior College, Trident Technical College (SC), Parkside High School (MD), and Middle Bucks Institute of Technology (PA). Indicates that technicians now work on complex machines that contain computers and high-tech equipment. (JOW)
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Occupational Information, Secondary Education, Technical Institutes
Rains, Larry – 1990
This module is the fifth of nine modules in the competency-based Missouri Auto Mechanics Curriculum Guide. Seventeen units cover: steering system design; diagnosing steering systems problems; inspecting and replacing steering linkage components; manual and power steering gear service; manual and power rack and pinion steering gear service; power…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Behavioral Objectives, Industrial Arts, Learning Activities
Hevel, David; Tannehill, Dana, Ed. – 1990
This module is the eighth of nine modules in the competency-based Missouri Auto Mechanics Curriculum Guide. Six units cover: introduction to automatic transmission/transaxle; hydraulic control systems; transmission/transaxle diagnosis; automatic transmission/transaxle maintenance and adjustment; in-vehicle transmission repair; and off-car…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Behavioral Objectives, Industrial Arts, Learning Activities
Richardson, Roger L.; Bacon, E. Miles – 1978
This book of posttests is designed to accompany the Engine Tune-Up Service Student Guide for Unit 2, Charging System, available separately as CE 031 208. Focus of the posttest is on the testing of the charging system. One multiple choice posttest is provided, that covers the three performance objectives contained in the unit. (No answer key is…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Electric Batteries, Engines, Postsecondary Education
Goodson-Roberts, Ludy; And Others – 1977
This book of posttests is designed to accompany the Engine Tune-Up Service Student Guide for Unit 1, Battery and Cranking System. Focus of the posttests is the testing of the battery and cranking system. Four multiple choice posttests are provided, one for each of the performance objectives contained in the unit. (No answer keys are provided.)…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Electric Batteries, Engines, Postsecondary Education
