Automotive Skills Competition
Friday, April 6; 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
Ivy Tech Community College Evansville Campus
Automotive Lab (Room 182); Surrounding classrooms
in School of Advanced Manufacturing, Engineering & Applied Science
3501 N. 1st Ave., Evansville
Background: The annual Automotive Skills Competition will give 8 students (one senior, and one junior) from the Southern Indiana Career & Technical Center, Heritage Hills, South Ridge, and Tell City High Schools the opportunity to compete with the knowledge they have learned in their courses in high school in 8 skills stations including alignment, no start, headlight issue, tire pressure monitoring, service manual look up, maintenance inspection, check engine light and an ASE style test. A panel of judges will determine the winners based on the completions of the skills contests. The remaining 100+ students in attendance will learn different aspects of automotive technology and industry opportunities, expectations and career paths, from area businesses in the automotive industry.
Itinerary
8:30-9 a.m.: Welcome presentations, Vectren Auditorium
9 a.m.: Competitions Begin in Automotive Technology Lab, Room 182
9-9:40 a.m.: First Training
9:40-10:20: Second Training
10:20-11: Third Training
11:20-11:40: Fourth Training
11:40-Noon: Fifth Training
Noon: Lunch in the Koch Student Center
12:30-1: Awards Presentations