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Motor Vehicle

Our Motor Vehicle Adult course provides you with the green light to have an exciting career in the industry. If you love motors and you're wanting to earn money whilst learning about them, this is the ideal road for you.

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Electric Vehicle/Hybrid Level 1

This course has been designed to provide you with the skills needed to safely work around electric and hybrid vehicles.

Length: 2 Weeks
Study: Part Time
Location: West Lancashire College

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Electric Vehicle/Hybrid Level 2

This course has been designed to give students the knowledge and skills required to work safely on Electric/Hybrid vehicles whilst carrying out routine maintenance and repair activities.

Length: 4 Weeks
Study: Part Time
Location: West Lancashire College

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Phone: 01695 52300

Email: enquiries@westlancs.ac.uk

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Aaron

Motor Vehicle Level 3 Student

As a Motor Vehicle student, I have been really enjoying the practical side of the course as its very hands on and we learn a lot from being able to work on cars. My ambition is to own my own car garage.

Anthony Robinson

Curriculum Manager for Engineering, Electrical Installation and Motor Vehicle

I have vast automotive industry experience and I've had a number of job roles within the sector, including diagnostic technician and workshop controller with manufacturers, such as Honda, Toyota and Lexus. I joined West Lancashire College in 2007 and have also been part of a team of authors who revised the popular Hillier’s Fundamentals of Automotive Electronics textbook. I am a fully qualified Level 4 Hybrid and EV master technician.

James Gleave

Motor Vehicle Lecturer

I gained my Motor Vehicle qualifications at West Lancashire College and during my career, I have worked closely with BMW trained master technicians, as well as Mercedes and VW independent specialists.

Oscar

Motor Vehicle Level 3 Student

I chose to study Motor Vehicle, as I’ve had a long interest in cars since being a child. I have found that the subject has taught me more than I ever imagined, the tutors are superb and they really help you to be the best that you can be. My dream career would to be a master tech for Mercedes!

Daily tasks:

Repairs and services air conditioning, heating and engine-cooling systems.
Installs additional electrical amenities such as radio/CD players, aerials.
Checks condition of electrical/electronic systems and carries out servicing tasks.
Diagnoses faults in electrical/electronic circuitry, removes faulty components and fits replacements.
Carries out routine maintenance checks on oil and air filters, brakes and other vehicle parts/systems.
Reassembles, tests, adjusts and tunes the appropriate parts, systems or entire engine.
Removes, dismantles, repairs and replaces defective parts and prepares new parts using appropriate tools.
Visually checks, test drives or uses test equipment to diagnose engine and mechanical faults.

Median Salary

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Daily tasks:

Positions, secures and repairs external fittings including windows, doors, door handles, catches and roof attachments.
Installs and repairs interior fittings including seats, seatbelts and fascia in cars, sinks and special features in caravans and mobile shops.
Hammers out dents in bodywork, fills in small depressions or corroded areas in solder, plastic or other filler compound and replaces body panels using hand and power tools.
Repairs damage to chassis and engine mountings using hydraulic rams, jacks and jigs.
Selects, cuts, shapes and assembles materials to form parts of vehicle underframe, framework and body.
Diagnoses job requirements or ascertains work specifications from drawings or instructions.