We partnered with Toliver Ford to participate in the 2023 North Texas Autmobile Dealers Contest at Texas Motor Speedway last weekend, December 1 and 2.
Toliver Ford provided relevant training through work-based learning opportunities to SSHS Automotive Technology students who entered the contest. They also provided a 2023 Ford F-150 that was "bugged" by Ford service engineers. This vehicle was repaired by SSHS automotive students as a portion of their 2-day competition.
We plan to continue our partnership with Toliver by joining the Ford ACE (Automotive Career Exploration) program. This will provide the same training modules to students that technicians receive from Ford. If a student completes all of the ACE modules, they will have 70% completed towards being a Ford Master Service Technician.
The competition days were outlined as follows:
The Auto Tech Competition is held in two Phases.
Phase I: Workstations Challenge
Contestants are tested on their knowledge of tools, measuring instruments, specific vehicle service information, and job interview skills at the Workstations.
Phase II: On-Vehicle Challenge
Each team has an allotted amount of time to interpret, diagnose, and repair a number of pre-assigned problems on the vehicle, based on the repair order for that vehicle. Each correctly repaired “bug” is worth a set number of points depending on the level of difficulty.
- Michael Rhodes, SSHS Automotive Technology
https://www.ntxad.com/automotive-careers-education/2023-auto-tech-competition/
