Automotive Heavy Line Technician

Quick Program Facts

  • Continuing Education Certificate: 768 certificate hours
  • Number of courses: 6
  • Financial aid: Tuition Assistance
  • Campus: South

Program Description

Our program teaches you to diagnose, adjust, repair and overhaul automotive systems.

Topics covered include:

  • Clutches, standard transmissions and transaxles
  • Hydraulics, automatic transmissions and transaxles
  • Engine operation, diagnosis and repair
  • Basic refrigeration cycle and EPA guidelines for handling refrigerant 
  • Tire and wheel problem diagnosis, repair and alignment

You will be prepared to be a heavy line automotive service technician / mechanic.

As a heavy line technician, you will diagnose engine problems and make the appropriate repairs. You will perform major engine, transmission and other system overhauls and repairs.

Course List

Costs & Fees

Costs and fees vary. Costs are available in Hello!TCC's Continuing Education Course Descriptions.

Upcoming Courses

Browse Our Schedule of Classes

  1. Go to MyTCCTrack: Search for Courses & Course Sections—Advanced Search.
  2. Under Term, select a Continuing Education (CE) Term.
    • Example: 2025QS CE Spring
  3. Under Academic Level, choose Continuing Education.
  4. Select Search.
  5. Use the Filter Results menu to help you narrow your search:
    • Under Availability, choose Open Sections Only to find classes that aren't full.
    • Under Subject, choose a subject to further filter the results.

Apply & Register for Classes

  1. Apply to TCC
  2. Find Upcoming Classes & Register

Contact

South Campus

Jean Yanes
Career Advisor

Email jean.yanes@tccd.edu

Updated November 15, 2024