Executive Summary - Shoreline Community College



Executive Summary

Program Planning and Assessment Report

Automotive

Purpose

Shoreline Community College’s Professional Automotive Training Center is committed to providing high quality, well-trained, factory-specific automotive technicians to area General Motors, Honda, DaimlerChrysler, and Toyota dealers in the Puget Sound Region.

These students leave the program with a large number of the factory-specific training courses credited to their training history and their dealers’ franchises. All students are employed (sponsored) when they enter the different programs, and work alternating quarters in their respective new car dealerships. These students are provided with an opportunity to “earn while they learn.”

Structure

The General Motors ASEP, Honda PACT, Chrysler CAP and Toyota T-TEN programs all have direct ties to industry, not only at the local level with the area dealers, but also nationally with the auto manufacturers. These direct ties provide a high level of accountability for the programs: Shoreline Community College must turn out a high quality product that meets the customers’ needs. All of the factories involved with the programs assess the student quality and dealer satisfaction.

All programs are also NATEF (National Automotive Technicians Educational Foundation) certified. This process requires re-certification every five years, and progress reviews every two and one-half years.

Process

The process for developing the Programming Planning and Assessment Report was followed, and the faculty in the automotive programs developed the Report. There was also discussion with the automotive advisory committees and with the auto manufacturers.

Analysis

The Professional Automotive Training Center has received positive recognition from automakers, auto dealers, dealers associations and other automotive related groups. The Center has a reputation for delivering a high-quality product, namely students. The Center is also recognized as a model training program for the nation. This success comes from close ties with the industry, and a high level of administrative support at the College level. The staff at the Center has been encouraged to “think outside the box..”

The program strengths are strong ties to the industry, a rich history of working with area high schools, ability to attract good student from a wide area, and a talented, committed, and hardworking faculty.

Staffing remains the chief challenge facing the auto program. The Automotive and Manufacturing Division still has a three-quarter-time secretary, and an unmanned tool-room. The Center is constantly being asked to provide more training and training space. Storage for tools and components is a problem.

In 2001 a new Program Assistant was hired. Starting Fall 2001, another section of the GM-ASEP Program was added. Some new equipment was acquired this past year, includeing a new air conditioning machine, a new on-car brake lathe, a brake-bleeding machine, an off-car brake lathe. Hunter Engineering provided the Center with a new alignment machine.

Discussions have begun with Ford Motor Company, and a new Ford Light Maintenance and Repair program is being planned. This program will provide trained technicians for Ford, Lincoln and Mercury dealerships.

There is still discussion of launching a capital campaign and enlarging the Center. The climate for fund raising is not the best at this time, and it appears that we will need to wait for the economy to improve before this activity begins.

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