Automotive

Overview

Vehicles are increasingly dependent on specialized and sometimes complicated technologies. New auto mechanics require training and certification in these new technologies, as do those who are already working in order to keep up to date. The need for certified technicians will continue to increase as do the numbers of vehicles in the local area and economy. The Employment Security Department projects that automotive-related occupations will grow 15 to 19 percent between 2002 and 2012.

Through a grant from the Aspen Institute, the WDC partnered with Shoreline Community College to create the Automotive Career Pathways program.

This program works through the industry-sponsored and recently expanded Automotive Training Center at Shoreline in order to better provide career guidance and training funds to new graduates or in-coming trainees.