The Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills Competition is co-sponsored by AAA and the Ford Motor Company. The competition is designed to encourage talented young people to pursue careers as automotive service technicians. AAA and Ford are wholeheartedly committed to this program as an investment in the future training of our young people, which will, in turn, provide improved automotive service for AAA members, Ford Motor Company customers and all motorists.

The Salt Lake Community College Automotive Department has proudly sponsored and hosted the UTAH State Competition for OVER 30 YEARS!

WRITTEN COMPETITION: Instructors may choose up to 10 students to take the written test. The best two individual scores combine to become the team score, and the highest 10 team scores will compete in the hands on competition. The written test score accounts for 40% of their state finals score. 

AWARDS AND PRIZES:
Awards and recognition start with local competitions. Students, instructors, and schools win scholarships, trophies, jackets, certificates, shop manuals, trips, tools and automotive equipment for their schools. Scholarships to Salt Lake Community College Automotive & Related Technologies programs are available to winning contestants in addition to other scholarship opportunities.

JOB PLACEMENT:
Almost 1 out of every 5 technicians working in Ford Dealerships between Layton and Provo are SLCC graduates.

Approximately 80 % of the graduates of the SLCC Automotive Tech program go on to become ASE Certified in one or more areas of automotive Repair.  Most students in the Automotive Program are employed by our Automotive Repair industry supporters before they even complete the program.

We have many recent graduates who transferred their AAS degree to Weber State University, completed Baccalaureate requirements, and now work on “the hot line” for Ford Motor Company in Dearborn Michigan. 

One of our most recent graduates to accomplish this was a Ford /AAA participant.  Another of our Ford/AAA participants recently completed a successful career as an engine performance service technician at Willey Ford in Bountiful, and is now beginning a new career as the Automotive Instructor at Hunter High School.

But it doesn’t stop there. SLCC’s Automotive graduates are taught to handle hazardous chemicals and automotive wastes in a manner friendly to our environment.  For example, each of our students will graduate with a certification in refrigerant recovery and each student is taught the danger that automotive air conditioning refrigerants pose to the earth’s ozone layer if handled improperly. 

The Automotive Training Program at SLCC has been NATEF (National Automotive Technicians Educational Foundation) Master Certified since 1990.  

Salt Lake Community College is actively involved in providing students, industry and the community with the most current approved methods auto collision and repair.  The curriculum is provided to SLCC by ICAR, the Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair.  ICAR is an inter-nationally recognized organization comprised of automobile manufacturers, collision repair specialists, auto recyclers, paint manufacturers, after market part and accessory manufacturers. 

Salt Lake Community College provides certified instruction to students and industry through the ICAR Industry Alliance Program.  The credit earned through the alliance is nationally recognized by industry which gives our students an advantage in gaining employment in many areas of a huge industry.

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