Program Start Date: Fall Term
Minimum Program Length: 84 academic weeks; 6 terms day; 81 credits
Curriculum Code: 35306
Program Description
Ford ASSET (Automotive Student Service Educational Training) students learn to diagnose, service, and maintain Ford and Lincoln-Mercury automotive products and components. They learn to use recommended procedures, special service tools and equipment, and Ford service publications.
Practical Experience
Students use cooperative work experiences at sponsoring Ford or Lincoln dealerships to apply what they have learned in the classroom and lab. During the cooperative work experiences, students, under the direction of an automotive technician, service customer vehicles, become familiar with a dealership’s organization and environment, and learn to work as a member of a team.
Professional Opportunities
Automotive technician, service advisor, shop foreman, service manager.
Unique Aspects
They must have a Ford Motor Company approved dealership as a sponsor. Completion of cooperative work experiences and maintaining sponsorship at the sponsoring dealership is a program requirement. The Ford ASSET program is a NATEF certified master automobile training program.
EEDA Career Cluster:
Transportation, Distribution & Logistics