Adults 19+

Automotive

Do you have a passion for cars? Maybe you are looking to turn a hobby into a rewarding career or build on skills and knowledge you already have and get qualified? Our range of automotive courses will put you firmly in the driving seat.

You will learn in our specialist Automotive Academy using industry standard equipment such as electronic diagnostic test equipment (Snap-On) and MIG and TIG welding sets. You will develop your professional skills in a real-working environments and and gain hands-on experience working on real-life technical issues.

Once you complete your course you could seek employment as an automotive technician, body repair technician or service manager in garages, dealerships or workshops. Or you may decide to set up your own business. The choice is yours.

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Vehicle Systems Maintenance - Entry Level

This short course will allow you to learn skills in engine lubrication, spark ignition, braking systems and more to help you become a beginner Vehicle Technician.

Length: 4 hours per week for 10 weeks
Study: Short Course
Start Date: Various
Location: Automotive Academy

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Introduction to Electric and Hybrid Vehicle High Energy Systems - Level 1

This course introduces you to precautions you can take to avoid potential injury, and to stay safe when working with or around high voltage vehicle systems.

Length: 1 day
Study: Short Course
Start Date: Various
Location: Automotive Academy

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Safe Maintenance of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles - Level 2

Top up your vehicle repair and maintenance knowledge with this short course, aiming to develop your best practice and work methods for maintaining Electric and Hybrid vehicles.

Length: 2 days
Study: Short Course
Start date: 30th January 2023
Location: Automotive Academy

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Automotive Bootcamp - Electrical Vehicle Diagnostic and Maintenance

Develop the core skills needed to fill the current skills gap in electric vehicle diagnostics and maintenance including safety shut down procedures.

Length: 10 weeks
Study: Short Course
Start date: 8th January 2024
Location: Automotive Academy

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Email us: enquiries@ncl-coll.ac.uk

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Kevin Illingworth

Course Leader - Automotive

"I have lots of years’ experience teaching and working in the Automotive industry, working for brands like Nissan. My job gives me the chance to teach the things I am most passionate about. Teaching Automotive is interesting, rewarding and lots of fun."

Tony Neild

Lecturer - Automotive

"Automotive is an ever-changing sector that has grown faster than most other things of our time. I want to share my knowledge so I can help build a new generation of skilled, professional and diligent Technicians."

Daily tasks:

Repairs and services air conditioning, heating and engine-cooling systems.
Installs additional electrical amenities such as radio/CD players, aerials.
Checks condition of electrical/electronic systems and carries out servicing tasks.
Diagnoses faults in electrical/electronic circuitry, removes faulty components and fits replacements.
Carries out routine maintenance checks on oil and air filters, brakes and other vehicle parts/systems.
Reassembles, tests, adjusts and tunes the appropriate parts, systems or entire engine.
Removes, dismantles, repairs and replaces defective parts and prepares new parts using appropriate tools.
Visually checks, test drives or uses test equipment to diagnose engine and mechanical faults.

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Median Salary

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Daily tasks:

Orders new supplies, arranges storage and updates stock records.
Organises delivery of parts and handles payment.
Obtains parts from store or orders from suppliers.
Receives orders for parts by phone, email or in person and checks availability on stock record.
Updates stock record, orders new vehicles from manufacturer, buys in used cars.
Carries out pre-delivery inspection and formal hand-over of vehicle to customer.
Negotiates sale price including any ‘trade-in’ and extra accessories, works out finance arrangements and completes sales paperwork.
Discusses customer.

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Median Salary

£21,849 View more

Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians

Daily tasks:

Repairs and services air conditioning, heating and engine-cooling systems.
Installs additional electrical amenities such as radio/CD players, aerials.
Checks condition of electrical/electronic systems and carries out servicing tasks.
Diagnoses faults in electrical/electronic circuitry, removes faulty components and fits replacements.
Carries out routine maintenance checks on oil and air filters, brakes and other vehicle parts/systems.
Reassembles, tests, adjusts and tunes the appropriate parts, systems or entire engine.
Removes, dismantles, repairs and replaces defective parts and prepares new parts using appropriate tools.
Visually checks, test drives or uses test equipment to diagnose engine and mechanical faults.

Median Salary

£25,953 View more

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Vehicle and Parts Salespersons and Advisers

Daily tasks:

Orders new supplies, arranges storage and updates stock records.
Organises delivery of parts and handles payment.
Obtains parts from store or orders from suppliers.
Receives orders for parts by phone, email or in person and checks availability on stock record.
Updates stock record, orders new vehicles from manufacturer, buys in used cars.
Carries out pre-delivery inspection and formal hand-over of vehicle to customer.
Negotiates sale price including any ‘trade-in’ and extra accessories, works out finance arrangements and completes sales paperwork.
Discusses customer.