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Chrysler CAP - Automotive Technology
Limited Entry
Associate of Applied Science Degree Program

Catalog Year 2009-2010*

*Information regarding the requirements for this Limited Entry program is available by accessing the Admission Requirements page.

MHCC Faculty Advisors
Steve Michener: 503-491-7148 - Room IT 52 Steve.Michener@mhcc.edu
Mark Lambrecht: 503-491-7111 - Room IT 51 Mark.Lambrecht@mhcc.edu

The Chrysler College Automotive Program (CAP) provides students with a possibility to earn income while being trained as service technicians for Chrysler Corporation dealerships (Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep). The program is designed as a two-year automotive curriculum to develop the technical competency and professionalism of the incoming dealership technician. The CAP program is an instructional experience with training taking place at both Mt. Hood Community College and at the sponsoring Chrysler dealership. The curriculum leads to an Associate of Applied Science degree in Automotive Technology from MHCC and factory training credit awarded by Chrysler.

Aimed at men and women who have a career interest in the automotive industry, this program demands a commitment to both work and study for a two-year period that could include fall, winter, spring and summer terms both years

The CAP Student

Chrysler dealerships see the students in this program as its service technicians of the future. The instructional facilities are equipped with some of the finest and up-to-date equipment available. CAP students have the assurance of industry support and certain employment options for the future. Being accepted in the CAP program means learning the latest automotive technology and being paid for on-the-job experience.

Program Outcomes

At the completion of this program, the student should be able to:

• demonstrate safe shop practices and hazardous material handling
• diagnose and repair automotive electrical systems as to NATEF Standard
• diagnose and repair automotive engine performance systems as to NATEF Standard
• diagnose and repair automotive emission systems as to NATE F Standard diagnose and repair automotive internal combustion engine systems as to NATEF Standard
• diagnose and repair automotive automatic transmission and transaxles systems as to NATEF Standard
• diagnose and repair automotive manual drive train and axles systems as to NATEF Standard
• diagnose and repair automotive brakes systems as to NATEF Standard
• diagnose and repair automotive steering and suspension systems as to NATEF Standard
• diagnose and repair automotive heating and air conditioning systems as to NATEF Standard
• perform minor vehicle services.

The Sponsoring Dealer

Chrysler dealerships will screen qualified applications and select those they wish to sponsor. Once a student has been selected, he or she will begin working at the dealership based on available student training positions1. Applicants to the program are accepted on a limited entry basis after meeting the selection criteria for the program. Applications are available on our web site, www.mhcc.edu. Once you have read the application packet, if you have questions, please call 503-491-7256, 503-491-7111, or 503-491-7148. Registration in program classes after the start of the first term may be possible with instructor permission. For interested students, AM100, Automotive Skill Building (1 credit) provides individuals with the fundamental information and skills required to enroll in other CAP program courses before the first day of the 3rd term. For further information, contact a program adviser. To be fully admitted into the program, students must apply for and be accepted into the program for the following academic year.

1 Based on availability of sponsorship
2 Students may not use demonstrated proficiency on the College Placement Test (CPT) to satisfy this requirement.

‡See pages 7-10 of the printed catalog.