New Standards Specify Essential Skills Required By Automotive Students

By Peter West

Skills in science, math, and language arts are just as vital to would-be auto mechanics or technicians as they are to college-bound students, according to a new standards document from an automotive-training foundation.

A nonprofit organization based in Herndon, Va., has identified 183 separate skills that should be learned by successful automotive mechanics and service technicians during their high school and postsecondary careers.

The National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation Inc. received one of 22 grants for skills-standards development awarded by the U.S. departments...

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