Standard 5: Student Services
Systematic skills assessment, interviews, counseling services, placement, and follow-up procedures should be used.
Standard 5.1: Skills Assessment
For students to develop the skills and knowledge required to service today's automobiles, each student must possess, or be given the opportunity to develop, essential foundation skills in reading, mathematics, science, and mechanical aptitude. To this end, a formal skills assessment instrument (process) for these fundamental skills should be used to evaluate students to ensure that each student has a reasonable probability of success as an automobile technician. Testing procedures and how the test results will be used (e.g., placement, assessment of student's developmental needs, etc.) should be stated in program explanatory material, and justification for all requirements should be available.
Standard 5.2: Pre-admission Counseling
Prior to program admission, a student should be counseled regarding automotive careers.
Standard 5.3: Student Records
Permanent records of all students, former and current, should be available, preferably in one central location, and kept confidential.
Standard 5.4: Placement
A systematic student placement system should be used to assist program graduates to obtain employment in the automobile industry.
Standard 5.5: Annual Follow-up
A follow-up system should be used to determine students' employment location and for feedback regarding the efficiency, effectiveness, and appropriateness of training. The follow-up procedure should be designed to assure feedback regarding needed additions to or deletions from the training curriculum, program, and tools and equipment. Follow-up of graduates employed outside of the automobile industry should indicate reasons for non-automobile employment. When applicable, this information should be used to modify the training quality and/or content.
Standard 5.6: Legal Requirements
The training program should meet all applicable local, state, and federal requirements.
