Students Get Hands on Experience

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Created on Thursday, 02 May 2013 13:35
Written by Brian Stone

auto techLYNDON - The Automotive Technology Program at Lyndon Institute provides students with a unique chance to gain real world skills while still in high school. The program consists of different course levels that students progress through as they develop and refine their skills.

 

Automotive Technology is one of the courses Lyndon Institute's Career Technical Education Program, whose goal is to provide students with basic skills they can carry directly into the work place after graduation. "Safety. We try to teach them about taking care of their equipment, just general work practices...things to get them ready for the work place or to go on to a technical school," said instructor Dan Camber, who has taught the courses for a year and a half. 

Students work in an active garage on a variety of different projects including, tires, oil changes, and eventually moving to more advanced areas like drive trains. "At this time its all faculty and student vehicles, and even some of the school's equipment, and there's plenty of it, it's constantly swamped down here." And in a full garage it is lose track of something and become disorganized, which is used as another teach opportunity. "I always use the example, I have a wrench that cost $100 if you leave it under the hood during a $30 oil changes, you didn't make any profit" added Camber.

What the students learn goes beyond just mechanical skills as well. "being able to use the phone to call for parts, tell them who you are, where you're from, and what you need, it helps prepare them for a job."

Automotive Technology along with nursing, welding, and early childhood education are just a few of the other technical courses and certifications that Lyndon Institute offers students.