DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES

AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM

Purpose: To raise individuals who can express themselves, have sufficient manual skills for auto-engine repair, have sufficient computer and technological knowledge, and are open to learning and implementing innovations.

Vision: To be a pioneering and innovative department that provides quality education, skills and qualifications to its students based on constantly changing global standards and local industrial needs, develops educational paths so that students can maximize their career choices, and continuously improves itself.

Mission: To train our students as intermediate technical staff who have a habit of continuous learning, are enterprising, prone to teamwork, able to produce solutions, research, have acquired analysis and synthesis skills, are open to technological developments, and have the knowledge, skills and technological equipment required by vocational technical education. To train highly qualified intermediate technical staff who have the knowledge and skills in line with the needs of production and after-sales services in the automotive main and sub-industry at national and international standards, are motivated to follow developing technologies, have professional and moral values, and can build a bridge between engineers and workers.

Program Language: Turkish

Type of Education: Associate Degree, full-time

Employment Opportunities

Automotive Technologies Program is a two-year Higher Education Program that aims to train qualified intermediate human resources that the automotive sector needs in both production and after-sales service levels in accordance with the philosophy of quality and service that will meet the expectations of the age. Graduates of the Automotive Technologies Program associate degree can be employed in public institutions and organizations as well as private sector businesses with the title and responsibility of Automotive Technician. In addition to these, Automotive Technicians can develop their employment resources by establishing their own businesses and performing their professional activities in their own businesses. They can be employed in public institutions and organizations; in machine supply levels, in all levels related to automotive.

    In private sector businesses; almost all levels of main and sub-industry automotive factories are assigned with titles and responsibilities that can be considered as technicians. However, it is seen that automotive technicians are present in large numbers in production and assembly lines and play an active role in production activities, provide communication and liaison between engineers, planners and managers and workers, act as team leaders in quality circles, and take responsibility as trainers in on-the-job training of lower-level personnel in training activities. Another part of the automotive sector that is as important as production is the services, sales points and training centers that we can call after-sales service units.

The responsibilities of automotive technicians in these units have increased as a result of the transition of the production system from mass production to lean production and the implementation of customer-oriented quality and sales principles. In these units, they take on responsibilities and duties in many areas from group leadership, service management, sales group leadership, spare parts, service workshop management to personnel training. If defined in more detail, automotive technicians mostly work in private sector organizations; They are employed as operators or foremen in automotive main industry and sub-industry factories, operators or foremen in automotive authorized and special services, operators or foremen in production or maintenance-repair works of motorcycle and marine engines, operators in areas where automotive equipment/bench/device is used, operators or foremen in the automotive component manufacturing industry, technical personnel in project and design works that require reading-drawing technical drawings, operators in areas where measurement and control devices are used, operators or foremen in hydraulic-pneumatic system areas, customer representatives and sales personnel in vehicle and spare parts sales enterprises in the automotive field, damage consultants in expertise enterprises, inspection technical personnel or foremen in vehicle inspection stations, technical intermediate personnel in product development and R&D offices, and operators or foremen in gas fuel conversion enterprises.

• Automotive Technicians who set up their own businesses mostly practice their professions in areas such as technical drawing in vehicle modification project works, maintenance and repair services of various industrial products in the engine or transmission system fields, auto paint and body services, auto electrical and electronic repair services, gas fuel conversion services, vehicle mechanical maintenance and repair services, automotive expertise services.

Graduation Requirements: In order for a student to graduate from the program he/she is enrolled in, he/she must have successfully completed all courses by following the education shown in the curriculum, have at least 120 ECTS credits, have a graduation weighted grade point average of at least 2.00 and have successfully completed a 30-day internship. The student's graduation date is the last day of the exam in that exam period. However, students who cannot graduate until this date due to reasons such as a single course or internship will graduate on the date, they have passed the single course exam or have been accepted after completing these studies.

Measurement and Evaluation Principles: Sirnak University Associate and Undergraduate Education-Teaching and Examination Regulations are valid.

Degree to be Earned: Automotive Technician

Programs for Vertical Transfer

Those who successfully complete the "Automotive Technology" associate degree program will be eligible to complete the Vertical Transfer Exam (DGS) conducted by ÖSYM;

• Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering,

• Marine Engineering Operations Engineering,

• Mechanical Engineering,

• Automotive Engineering,

• Aircraft Body-Engine, Aircraft Body-Engine Maintenance

undergraduate programs can be transferred vertically.