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The Hersey Automotive Program focuses on not only preparing students for a placement into post-secondary automotive educational institutions or careers after graduation, but offers students the basic knowledge every automotive consumer should be aware of.
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The Automotive Technology Program at John Hersey High School meets the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF) Standards for Excellence. NATEF is an independent, non-profit organization with a mission to improve the quality of technician training by setting a standard of excellence for the content being delivered, the industry certification level of the instructor, and the facility. In 2012 Hersey achieved NATEF Certification in all 4 areas available to secondary education training facilities.
John Hersey High School currently offers three courses in Automotive Technology:
Course Offerings
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Automotive Systems (605)
The second year of the Automotive Technology sequence introduces students to the complex systems of a modern automobile. Each system is discussed in-depth and explored hands-on in a laboratory setting. Students will work on complete cars with industry-standard equipment.
Topics:
- Automotive Shop Safety
- Automotive Technology Degrees
- ASE Certification
- Careers in Automotive Technology
- Braking System
- Steering System
- Cooling System
- Starting & Charging System
- Suspension System
- Turbo & Supercharging
- Electrical System
- Fuel System
- Automotive Modification
- Motorsports Technology
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Automotive Diagnostics (606)
In the final course, students will use all of the experiences from Personal Auto & Automotive Systems to complete a major project. This course is designed to be entirely hands-on focusing on custom fabrication, engineering, & design. Students will also work on advanced diagnostics techniques for each of the automotive systems studied in Course 605.
Topics:
- Automotive Shop Safety
- Careers in Automotive Technology
- Advanced Drivability
- Scan Tools
- EVAP/Emissions Diagnostics
- Digital Oscilloscope – Reading Waveform Data
- Metal Fabrication
- Welding
- Project Planning
- Project Vehicles
- High Mileage Vehicle Competition
- Electrathon Vehicle Competition