Service Careers — Grounds Keeping/Automotive Maintenance

Service positions are both plentiful and crucial to organizations and daily life

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About this Program

Service Careers provides students with technical training and experience in a variety of service occupations. Students learn how to thrive in an often physically demanding job that involves grounds keeping and landscaping, basic car and tire maintenance, job safety, and effective use of tools.

Campus
Employment Opportunities

Lawn care companies, golf courses, small engine service centers, quick lube automotive centers, tire centers.

Service Careers — Grounds Keeping/Automotive Maintenance Majors

Grounds Keeping/Automotive Maintenance

About this Major

Serving on a grounds keeping crew can be physically demanding. Groundskeepers must have the flexibility to work while kneeling and/or bending. Prolonged working and standing is often necessary to accomplish tasks. For success in this career, your grounds keeping training program should teach basic reading and math skills, the ability to make decisions, the ability to work both independently and as a team member, the ability to maintain composure while working under pressure, and the ability to multi-task.

Licensures / Certifications

  • Honda Engines Apprentice
  • Honda Engines Technician
  • Honda Engines Certified Technician

Courses

  • Safety 90 hours
  • Grounds Keeping and Tool Operation I 90 hours
  • Grounds Keeping and Tool Operation II 90 hours
  • Grounds Keeping and Tool Operation Capstone 20 hours
  • Small Engine/Automotive Shop Safety 35 hours
  • Service Careers Engine Systems 135 hours
  • Service Careers Engine Operations 55 hours
  • APMT Lube Technician 105 hours
  • EN1 Honda Engines Apprentice 60 hours
  • EN2 Honda Engines Technician 60 hours
  • EN3 Honda Engines Certified Technician 48 hours
  • Service Careers Life Skills 108 hours
  • Workforce Staging - Greenhouse/Landscape/Automotive Service 86 hours
  • Workforce Staging 108 hours

Tuition & Costs

Costs for High School Students

Uniforms (2): up to $70

At A Glance

Open To

  • High school juniors and seniors

Location

  • Rockwell
    Campus Center, Service Careers Entrance (Zone C)

Total Hours Required

960

Length

  • Part-time only: 2 school years
  • A typical school year includes 9 months of instruction. Program length may vary based on progress rate and/or summer school attendance.

Times

Daytime only, two sessions: Monday — Friday

  • 7:55 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
  • 12:30 p.m. to 3:35 p.m.
  • Students may enroll in either AM or PM session

Student Resources

Uniform Purchase Instructions