Courses offered by academy of auto-mechanics

bushwakka · Postby **bushwakka** » January 10th, 2008, 7:42 pm

A friend of mine is interested in doing the Beginner's course at the above, the cost is $1150 she was told......can anyone shed any light on if this course is worth the $, good or worthwhile?

Also, what about the other courses like engine rebuilding etc cuz i might be interested in that

33 hertz · Postby **33 hertz** » January 10th, 2008, 7:54 pm

It depends on how much knowledge you already have cuz as the name suggests the beginners course is exactly that, a beginners course. They also offer a 1 year program, if you serious you should do that first and then do the engine rebuilding course. But the beginners course supposed to be pretty good from the persons i talked to that did it. If its a girl then the beginners course is a good idea unless she like flatline

Postby **r3iXmann** » January 10th, 2008, 8:26 pm

someone i know going there said there's little practical..most of it is theory..

mitsu4life · Postby **mitsu4life** » January 10th, 2008, 9:08 pm

i wouldn't recommend them to anyone, i went to do the auto electronics course and from what they described the course was that it entailed wiring up engines an so forth. when i started it was resistors and diodes and not what was described, this was in November i am still waiting on my refund...my experience with them may not be someone else's

33 hertz · Postby **33 hertz** » January 10th, 2008, 9:17 pm

Yup the 1 year course is mostley theory, but the 2 month beginners course supposed to be mostley practical.

DF1_2nR · Postby **DF1_2nR** » January 10th, 2008, 9:19 pm

^^^ How long did you stay with the program? Maybe that was just an introduction into basic electronics before moving on to more advanced levels.

awesomeandre · Postby **awesomeandre** » January 11th, 2008, 5:49 am

reiXmann wrote:someone i know going there said there's little practical..most of it is theory..

i work directly opposite them and well i believe when there is pratical teaching they do it on student's cars outside the building

like yesterday whole day the teacher had the entire class on a student's car trying to solve a problem.

but if you all want i could find out what programs it have etc etc

bushwakka · Postby **bushwakka** » January 11th, 2008, 7:26 am

the one year course that you guys referring to is what exactly? the girl will def need the beginners course i think

but for myself, i know a lot of theory about cars, but not much practical experience, apart from changing oil, tyres, battery maintenance etc

should i start with this 1 yr course first ?

mitsu4life · Postby **mitsu4life** » January 11th, 2008, 8:03 am

^^^ How long did you stay with the program? Maybe that was just an introduction into basic electronics before moving on to more advanced levels.

well the teacher said that the wont be doing that this was more a class where if something in the car ecu's is damaged you can replace it...which is just ordinary electronics applied to cars...he then started explaining to us that he believes in aliens WTF? is there a school or somethin that teaches how to wire up engines in conversions eg. sr20 in a 626 that kinda thing or would i have to go an learn that in a car electrical place?

bushwakka · Postby **bushwakka** » January 11th, 2008, 10:13 am

thx 4 de info mitsu......iz a good ting u tell me dat, cuz i mighta go an do dat course to know how to wire up an engine

kurpal_v2 · Postby **kurpal_v2** » January 11th, 2008, 6:02 pm

so where in trini has the best auto mechanics courses in respect to wiring up cars?

bushwakka · Postby **bushwakka** » January 12th, 2008, 10:16 am

bump........the 1 yr prog alyuh talkin abt is the part time certificate from city & guilds?

33 hertz · Postby **33 hertz** » January 12th, 2008, 4:00 pm

yeah i belive thats the city and guilds accredited one.

turbohead · Postby **turbohead** » March 20th, 2008, 2:14 pm

kurpal_v2 wrote:so where in trini has the best auto mechanics courses in respect to wiring up cars?

the best place to get an automotive course is at the nesc trainin center.. right now they are upgrading the facilities ic couva so it is not really a gud workin environment but once they complete it(hopefully for the nex cycle) u will get the best learnin experience ever. bumper 2 bumper on cars.
there is alot of pratical experience involved together wit latest technology in tools an equipment. the course is 18months 6 of which u go ojt. there is also the 3rd an 4th yr programmes which are given part time 2 accomadate workin ppl(1st and 2nd yr passes needed for this 2 courses) u get to learn a bit about air conditioning. hossy is the bess there is right now. an great thing about it it is not a local certificate but associated with the university of alberta.(first world status certificate so u gettin the best)
wok is availible worldwide wit this cert. think of it as a visa...

check it out at either debe centre or couva centre...

Sky · Postby **Sky** » March 20th, 2008, 11:22 pm

reiXmann wrote:someone i know going there said there's little practical..most of it is theory..

I wont agree there. I did the city n guilds alarm technician course there. The class next to mine had a B14 upstairs. I realise there's nowhere to pass it to get it upstairs, so I ask them wtf. They had to scrap it down downstairs and carry the parts up the steps then rebuild the whole car and get it started..
I'd say thats a bit on the practical side :lol:

turbohead · Postby **turbohead** » March 21st, 2008, 11:19 am

the chassi to?^^^

bushwakka · Postby **bushwakka** » March 21st, 2008, 4:26 pm

welll....i guess so^^

turbohead · Postby **turbohead** » March 21st, 2008, 4:43 pm

they good boy... in debe where is was previously at they had a b14 in the class upstairs but they used a forklift 2 get it up there through a doorway. u sure wasnt like dat?

Anil_Sooknanan · Postby **Anil_Sooknanan** » March 21st, 2008, 10:29 pm

to me i went and check out the school attend one of the classes well boy guest most people here know i'm just "F"ed up ... so i asked the practical guy a few questions well the man couldn't answer so imagine your teaching a whole class and you can't anwser every question a man trows at you that real :cry:

Sky · Postby **Sky** » March 22nd, 2008, 12:43 am

turbohead wrote:they good boy... in debe where is was previously at they had a b14 in the class upstairs but they used a forklift 2 get it up there through a doorway. u sure wasnt like dat?

I looked around for places they coulda pass it, cuz I didn't believe them. And only the chasis coulda go up the stairs by itself sideways.

bushwakka · Postby **bushwakka** » March 22nd, 2008, 7:25 pm

mental

Anil_Sooknanan · Postby **Anil_Sooknanan** » March 23rd, 2008, 2:03 pm

eh wakka man if you want i could link her with books and sites that she'll learn everything she need and wanna know i even have stuff on my pc for free :mrgreen: