Kickstart your Automotive career!
CIT offers automotive technicians, apprentices and trainees the opportunity to learn with the latest equipment, late model cars and engines, and to benefit from our industry partnerships.
CIT automotive courses are not just about what is under the bonnet of cars. We have courses to further your dreams of working with a host of vehicles – motorcycles, outdoor power equipment, forklifts, trucks and heavy machinery.
Our range of courses suits new learners and experienced technicians. The practical hands-on approach at CIT will help you kickstart a career in the fast-paced industry.
Certificate III in Heavy Commercial Vehicle Mechanical Technology
Overview: In this course you will gain the skills and knowledge to perform a broad range of tasks on a variety of heavy commercial vehicles in the automotive mechanical service and repair sector.
Program No: C3-TS09
Campus: CIT Fyshwick
Duration:
- Apprentice: 6 semesters part-time (9 blocks per year, approximately 24 hours per week per block)
- ASBA in year 10: 6 semesters,1 day per week, approximately 8 hours per day
- ASBA in year 11: 4 semesters,1 day per week, approximately 8 hours per day.
Indicative Cost: $2,365 | Apprentice/Trainee $1,790
Likely Job Outcome: Truck mechanic or Heavy machinery mechanic.
Additional Information: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as required by industry will also be required for the learning environment. These include:
- Overalls
- Long pants - cotton drill/ jeans
- Leather safety boots
- Safety glasses
- Welding helmet
- Welding gloves
Entry Requirements: Early in the program your skills will be assessed – if you cannot read and write documents and complete maths work to the level needed you will be enrolled into additional subjects to help you build the skills needed to successfully complete the program.
If you are entering this program as an apprentice/trainee you must:
- be employed in the auto industry
- be an Apprentice or Trainee under the Australian Apprenticeship Scheme (AAS) and be registered with an Apprenticeship Network Provider (ANP) prior to enrolment.