Objective: Automotive technician

Education:

Job Corps Pine Knot, KY 2003-2004

Clearfield, UT 2004-2005
A6 ASE certification --- HVAC Certification --- 609 certification --- Dana/Spicer : Gas and Diesel repair certifications

Vocational Completer (center completer) 2003-2005
Training Course covered the following:

General automotive maintenance, small engine repair, gas engine principles, diesel engine principles, steering and suspension fundamentals, customer relations, tire principles, drive train components, diesel performance, diesel maintenance, DOT and NHTSA regulations, electrical system diagnosis and repair, electronic diagnosis via scan tools, fluid maintenance, inspection process, preventative maintenance, specialty diesel equipment, diesel engine retarding systems, trailer maintenance and components, and CDL overview.

PTEC (Pinellas Technical Education Center) Clearwater, Fl.
Completion papers and a 90 pc. Tool set by Craftsmen 2000-2002
Nighttime Accelerated automotive course - hand's on intensive, balanced with class study for theory of operation.

Covered the following topics; gas engine basic operation, diesel basic operation, rotary engine basic operation, turbine (jet) engine fundamentals, gas engine performance, rotary basic performance, basic suspension fundamentals, basic steering fundamentals, hybrid engine fundamentals (both gas-electric and diesel-electric), advanced steering and suspension, tires, brake system fundamentals, advanced brake systems, safety construction of newer vehicles versus older vehicles, electrical fundamentals, basic diagnostic code reading, advanced engine, related, and non-related systems diagnostics via scan tools and latest bench analyzers with full scopes, etc., fuel map diagnosis and correction, ignition system diagnosis, and other electronic and computer controls in current vehicles.

Countryside High School Clearwater, Fl.
Certificate of completion 1998 – 2002

Resurrected the Auto Club after a seven year shutdown

Clearwater High School/ Adult Education Center Clearwater, Fl.
Diploma via night school. 2003

Experience:

Pat’s Automotive Clearwater, FL

Internship through PTEC and Sun Coast Chrysler

Worked on customer vehicles and personal vehicles. Furthered my training via wide array of on the job equipment, including but not limited to, scan tools and several analyzers. Learned to quickly and accurately diagnose particular vehicular faults. In depth training about ignition system performance and it’s role in keeping a vehicle running properly.

Skills Synopsis:

General Vehicle Maintenance

Gasoline Engine Repair

Diesel Engine Repair

Electrical Diagnostician (A6 ASE)

Mathematician

Engineer

CAD Drafter

Excel/Lotus Spreadsheets

High Tech Engine Performance (i.e. Nitrous installation, turbo matching, fuel map correction, etc.)

Semi Multilingual (Familiar with many languages but not yet fluent)

References: Available upon request

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