Posted on Sep 21, 2017
Can anybody recommend me any online classes related to automotive technology or high performance automotive to take while I'm overseas?
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Feel free to purchase and start reading some ASE test study guides and auto service textbooks. I liked the one by James Halderman. Also, hang out at the Motor Pool on your off time to pick up some knowledge from the mechanics.
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SPC(P) Mike Conley Jr.
I'm actually a mechanic. LOL but I'm in a brigade element and we have no maintenance mission right now. I'll check out the ASE study guides though. I appreciate that.
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Wait until you come back to state side duty there are great schools to choose from and most automotive companies and independent operators won’t accept online courses in that field. There is 40% classroom and 60% hands on training as well as 200-300 externship hours and homework. Plus you will get paid for your time in school that supplements your income. The best colleges are Wyotech, UTI, Walla Walla University you need ASE certification and more! Google it.
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I completed a whole degree online. I started out of boredom while deployed to Iraq. Take a look at the schools listed on that list and see which one offerers the particular automotive education you are interested in pursuing. Good luck!
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I think your best bet would be to wait until you get back to do any classes. Every automotive and high performance school I know of always has shop or hands on portions of class. As far as I know, they don't desperate the hands on learning with the book learning.
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SPC(P) Mike Conley Jr.
Yeah the majority of that stuff is hands on, but I was still hoping to do something online to help me get a jump the hands on stuff. I'm very hands on but I'm not the fastest learner. Wiring and diagrams, schematic, blue prints, things along those lines I think would really benefit me if I learned from before hand.
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SPC(P) Mike Conley Jr. - I get what you're saying. I don't think you'll get very far as far as getting credits, but there are numerous how to videos online. When I was over there I researched all day long after duty. I love cars as much as it sounds like you do. Read up on some stuff and you'll be surprised by how much you can learn just by searching the internet. It'll help when you get to do actual hands on stuff.
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SPC(P) Mike Conley Jr.
SFC (Join to see) - Never really thought about that. Yeah I'm really big into cars. Especially muscle cars, hot rods, and rat rods. I'm more so worried about application knowledge than credits.
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Depending on where you are, there are classes available you can attend and actually turn wrenches. They count towards either a technical certificate or an associates depending on what route you take.
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SPC(P) Mike Conley Jr.
Thank you for the input SFC. Unfortunately, there is no opportunity for civilian education in the field I am interested in here, and H8 is the only MOS related school that I could possibly go to while I'm here. I've been in contact with our training NCO and I'm the POC for the civilian education counselor. Basically what I'm wanting to eventually do post military is open up my own restoration and custom fab shop with my father. Restoring and racing classic cars and muscle cars is my dream, as uninspiring as that sounds.
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ASE manuals. If you want to focus on a particular make and model, read that manual. Penn Foster career college is good.
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