Be a part of the skills trade.
Your mechanical knowledge
makes the future possible.

Automotive trades people are needed for many areas of California.

  • Dream it.

    Maybe you have always wanted to learn how things work. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

  • Solve it.

    It all begins with the puzzle of how to get something working again. Then there is the satisfaction that you made it happen.

  • Grow it.

    Begin your career with an automotive apprenticeship. There are many training programs to fit your interest.

Credentials List

  • Auto Body Repairer

    Auto Body Repairer

    Gain new skills and experience. Repair and refinish automotive vehicle bodies and straighten vehicle frames.

  • Automotive Mechanic / Technician

    Automotive Mechanic

    Learn basic and advanced skills and gain experience. Repair automobiles, light trucks, and other light vehicles. Master mechanics repair virtually any part on the vehicle.

  • Automotive Painter

    Automotive Painter

    Learn new skills and gain experience! Operate or tend painting machines to paint surfaces of transportation equipment such as automobiles, buses, trucks, trains, boats, and airplanes.

  • Commercial Trailer Repair

    Commercial Trailer Repair

    Gain new skills and experience in the Truck Trailer program. Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul heavy duty highway truck trailers. Includes mechanics working on refrigeration units.

  • Heavy Duty Mechanic

    Heavy Duty Mechanic

    Learn advanced heavy duty mechanical skills. Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul heavy duty highway trucks. Includes mechanics working primarily with diesel engines.

  • Machinist Mechanic

    Machinist Mechanic

    Set up and operate a variety of machine tools to produce precision parts and instruments. Includes precision instrument makers who fabricate, modify, or repair mechanical instruments.

  • Senior Parts Technician

    Senior Parts Technician

    Learn new skills and gain experience as a Parts Technician. Sell spare and replacement parts and equipment in repair shop or parts store. Gain administrative as well as automotive experience.

  • Port loading

    Crane Mechanic

    Perform work involving the skills of two or more maintenance or craft occupations to keep machines, mechanical equipment, or the structure of a crane in repair. You will keep the ports running.

Explore the colleges affiliated with the apprenticeship program.

Become a registered apprentice with the State of California, Division of Apprenticeship Standards, and have your class fees waived.

Books, parking and student body fees are paid by the apprentices.

Our Partners

California Apprenticeship Coordinators Association

Explore the website of the California Apprenticeship Coordinator Association.

Work to build a better California

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Supporting a Strong Workforce

You will gain confidence
and hands-on skills
to tackle the big jobs.

Let’s Work Together

We can help you on your path to join the proud machinists of California