Automotive technician

Contact Info:

•    Edward Behl Jr.
•    1013 20th Ave NE
•    Minneapolis, MN 55418
•    651-523-9116

Job Corps

• A6 ASE Certification-HVAC certification-609 certification
• Dana/Spicer Gas and Diesel engine repair certification

Training course covered the following topics:

       General automotive maintenance, small engine repair, gas engine principles, steering&suspension fundamentals, customer relations, tire principles, drive-train components, diesel performance, diesel preventitive maintenance, DOT and NHTSA regulations, electrical system diagnosis and repair, electronic diagnosis via scan tools, fluid maintenance, inspection process, specialty diesel heavy equipment, diesel engine retarding systems (i.e. Jake Brake, etc ), trailer maintenance and components, CDL overview course.

• Pine Knot, KY 42635       10/2003 to 11/2004
• Clearfield, UT 84016       11/2004 to 12/2005

PTEC (Pinellas Technical Education Center)

   Night-time accelerated automotive course:

Hand's-on intensive with balanced class course work; studied gas engine operation, diesel engine operation and its differences over gas(petrol) engines, rotary (wankel) engine operation, turbine(jet) engine operation, gas engine performance, rotary basic performance, basic suspension fundamentals, steering system functioning, hybrid engine (gas-electric) operation and performance, advanced steering and suspension, tires, brakes, eletrical foundation, diagnostic code reading and interpretation, and much more.

Clearwater, FL 33727    May 2000 to August 2002 approx.

Original version

Pat's Automotive Service inc.

       Intership/Apprentinceship via PTEC/SunCoast Chrysler

Worked on customer vehicles and personal vehicles, Furthered training via on job situation and equipment. Learned to quickly and accurately diagnosis vehicle faults based on scan equipment and customer complaints. Discovered the importantance of the ignition systems and its vital role in maintaining vehicle performance.

• General vehicle maintenance
• Petrol Engine Repair
• Diesel Engine Repair
• Certified Electrical Diagnostician (A6 ASE)
• Mathematician
• Engineer
• CAD Drafter
• Excel/Lotus Spreadsheet&Database
• High Tech Engine Performance (Nitrous, turbo matching, fuel map correction)
• Multi-lingual (English, Spanish, German, etc.)