AUTO 215 - Ford ASSET-Work Experience

    Recent Professors
    R. Petersen, B. McCombs
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Spring 2026
    Class Size
    20 students
    Credits
    1–4
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of AUTO 215
    Transfers To
    CSU
    Description
    Ford ASSET work experience. Students are responsible for attaining sponsoring dealership employment before enrollment in the work experience course. This course is based on paid work experience at the sponsoring Ford dealership. Assessment of students will be performed by the ASSET Instructor with dealership personnel, including the lead technicians, shop foreman, service manager, and through student self-evaluation reflections. Students are expected to work in the content area of diagnosis and repair concurrent with the content area of instruction in order to further develop skills attained in the classroom setting. Ford certifications will not be attained without documentation completed and signed by the student and evaluators in the work experience record book. Each student is required to use a digital portfolio to document competencies and ASE tasks. Occupational work experience credit may accrue at the rate of one to eight units per semester for a total of twelve - sixteen units, and students must work 54 paid hours per unit earned. 54 hours paid work experience per unit, 1-4 units. (CSU)