Automotive schools in Texas offer a wide range of courses including classroom instruction and actual hands-on work to provide a broad based foundation in the repair of automobiles. You will learn the basics of automobile operation and engines as well as the sophisticated automated testing systems used to diagnose automobile problems. Lessons should cover many popular automobile brands, both domestic and foreign. In addition to automotive skills, programs will often include basic English skills, computer skills, and math skills that are the requirements for an auto mechanic’s job.
Some Texas automotive schools may even offer more specialized areas of study like: transmission repair, tune-ups, computerized fuel injection, air conditioning systems, front-end alignment, or even anti-lock braking systems. Most Texas automotive school graduates will work as mechanics at independent repair shops, service facilities at major store chains, or retail and wholesale auto dealers. A smaller percentage my even find themselves at auto leasing companies or various government agencies.
Read more about Becoming an Automotive Technician. You can also read a interview with a practicing automotive technician to learn more about what a typical day involved.
Amarillo College
Locations: Amarillo , TXAngelina College
Locations: Lufkin, TXATI Career Training Center
Locations: Houston, TX / North Richland Hills, TX / Waco, TX- Automotive Service Technician (Associate)
- Automotive Service Technician (Certificate)
- Diesel - Heavy Truck (Certificate)
- Motorcycle Service Technician (Certificate)
Austin Community College
Locations: Austin, TX / Round Rock, TXBrookhaven College
Locations: Farmers Branch, TXCedar Valley College
Locations: Lancaster , TXCentral Texas College
Locations: Killeen, TXCisco College
Locations: Cisco, TXCoastal Bend College
Locations: Alice, TX / Beeville , TX / Kingsville, TX / Pleasanton, TXDel Mar College
Locations: Corpus Christi , TXEastfield College
Locations: Mesquite, TXGrayson County College
Locations: Denison, TX / Van Alstyne, TXHill College
Locations: Burleson, TX / Cleburne, TX / Glen Rose , TX / Hillsboro, TX / Meridian , TXHouston Community College - Northeast College
Locations: Houston, TX / Houston, TX / Houston, TX / Houston, TXHoward College
Locations: Big Spring, TX / Lamesa, TX / San Angelo, TXKilgore College
Locations: Kilgore, TXLamar State College - Port Arthur
Locations: Port Arthur, TXLaredo Community College
Locations: Laredo, TX / Laredo, TXLincoln College of Technology
Locations: Grand Prairie, TX- Automotive Technology (Diploma)
- Diesel and Truck Technology (Diploma)
Lone Star College System
Locations: Conroe, TX / Houston, TX / Kingwood, TXNortheast Texas Community College
Locations: Pleasant, TXOdessa College
Locations: Odessa, TXSan Jacinto College
Locations: Houston, TX / Houston, TX / Pasadena, TXSchool of Automotive Machinists
Locations: Houston, TXSouth Plains College
Locations: Levelland, TXSouth Texas Vocational Technical Institute
Locations: Corpus Christi, TX- Automotive Service Technician (Certificate)
Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf
Locations: Big Spring, TXSt. Philip's College
Locations: San Antonio, TX / San Antonio, TXTexarkana College
Locations: Texarkana, TXTexas State Technical College - Harlingen
Locations: Harlingen, TXTexas State Technical College - West Texas
Locations: Abilene, TX / Breckenridge, TX / Brownwood, TX / Sweetwater, TXTexas State Technical College Waco
Locations: Waco, TXTyler Junior College
Locations: Jacksonville, TX / Lindale, TX / Rusk, TXUniversal Technical Institute
Locations: Houston, TX- Automotive Technician Training (Certificate)
- Collision and Auto Body Repair (Certificate)
- Diesel / Industrial Training (Certificate)
- Automotive Technology w/ BMW FastTRACK (Certificate)
- Automotive / Diesel / Industrial Technology w/ BMW FastTRACK (Certificate)
- Automotive / Diesel Technology w/ Ford FACT (Certificate)
Western Technical College
Locations: El Paso, TXWharton County Junior College
Locations: Bay City, TX / Richmond, TX / Sugar Land, TX / Wharton, TX
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