High Performance and Custom Engine Technician/Mechanic

Types of Degrees High Performance and Custom Engine Technician/Mechanic Majors Are Getting

The following table lists how many high performance & custom engine technician/mechanic graduations there were for each degree level during the last year for which data was available.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Associate Degree	251
Undergraduate Certificate	95
Basic Certificate	89

What High Performance and Custom Engine Technician/Mechanic Majors Need to Know

People with careers related to high performance and custom engine technician/mechanic were asked what knowledge areas, skills, and abilities were important for their jobs. They weighted these areas on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the highest.

Knowledge Areas for High Performance and Custom Engine Technician/Mechanic Majors

High Performance and Custom Engine Technician/Mechanic majors often go into careers in which the following knowledge areas are important:

• Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
• Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Skills for High Performance and Custom Engine Technician/Mechanic Majors

When studying high performance and custom engine technician/mechanic, you’ll learn many skills that will help you be successful in a wide range of jobs - even those that do not require a degree in the field. The following is a list of some of the most common skills needed for careers associated with this major:

• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Repairing - Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
• Troubleshooting - Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
• Operation Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Equipment Maintenance - Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.

Abilities for High Performance and Custom Engine Technician/Mechanic Majors

High Performance and Custom Engine Technician/Mechanic majors often go into careers where the following abilities are vital:

• Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.

What Can You Do With a High Performance and Custom Engine Technician/Mechanic Major?

People with a high performance and custom engine technician/mechanic degree often go into the following careers:

Job Title	Job Growth Rate	Median Salary
Automotive Master Mechanics	6.1%	$40,710
Automotive Specialty Technicians	6.1%	$40,710
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	7.1%	$66,140

Amount of Education Required for Careers Related to High Performance and Custom Engine Technician/Mechanic

Some degrees associated with high performance and custom engine technician/mechanic may require an advanced degree, while others may not even require a bachelor’s in the field. Whatever the case may be, pursuing more education usually means that more career options will be available to you.

Find out what the typical degree level is for high performance and custom engine technician/mechanic careers below.

Education Level	Percentage of Workers
Less than a High School Diploma	4.4%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)	34.3%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)	39.8%
Some College Courses	7.8%
Associate’s Degree (or other 2-year degree)	9.0%
Bachelor’s Degree	5.1%
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master.	0.3%
Master’s Degree	0.4%

Online High Performance and Custom Engine Technician/Mechanic Programs

The following table lists the number of programs by degree level, along with how many schools offered online courses in the field.

Degree Level	Colleges Offering Programs	Colleges Offering Online Classes
Certificate (Less Than 1 Year)	0	0
Certificate (1-2 years)	9	0
Certificate (2-4 Years)	1	0
Associate’s Degree	8	0
Bachelor’s Degree	0	0
Post-Baccalaureate	0	0
Master’s Degree	0	0
Post-Master’s	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Research)	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Professional Practice)	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Other)	0	0

Majors Related to High Performance and Custom Engine Technician/Mechanic

You may also be interested in one of the following majors related to high performance and custom engine technician/mechanic.

Major	Number of Grads
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	37,616
Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician	9,296
Airframe Mechanics & Aircraft Maintenance Technology/Technician	7,121
Autobody/Collision & Repair Technology/Technician	4,783
Aircraft Powerplant Technology/Technician	2,964
Medium/Heavy Vehicle & Truck Technology/Technician	2,030
Motorcycle Maintenance & Repair Technology/Technician	1,146
Marine Maintenance/Fitter & Ship Repair Technology/Technician	892
Avionics Maintenance Technology/Technician	735
General Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Technologies	716
Small Engine Mechanics & Repair Technology/Technician	172
Other Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Technologies	148
Alternative Fuel Vehicle Technology/Technician	143
Engine Machinist	91
Recreation Vehicle (RV) Service Technician	43
Bicycle Mechanics & Repair Technology/Technician	16

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• College Scorecard
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers First Quarter 2020
• Image Credit: By Airman 1st Class Nigel Sandridge under License

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