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In auto department
Hands-on learning keys success
Walking through the large
garage area one can smell the
grease and grime that is in­
herent
to
automotive
mechanics. The walls are
decorated with the standard
fare for an automotive repair
shop; first-aid kits, fire ex­
tinguishers, posters showing
what to do if someone is stuck
somewhere they shouldn’t be,
and charts giving conversion
fractions for metric tools. The
Clackamas Community Col­
lege auto mechanics division is
a busy place to someone who’s
not used to the atmosphere.
The garage is full of cars
that belong to students or
faculty members for the most
part, but occasionally so­
meone else brings their car in
for repairs by th^e students.
Any car that is 10 years old or
newer is eligible for work in
the shop, but some cars that
are more than 10 years old will
still be accepted if they have
systems that are the same as
the current models.
Joe Dur land, automotive
department instructor explain­
ed the department is able to fix
every part of a car, including
the brake system, electrical
system, transmission and
chassis system. They handle
tuneups, front-end alignments
and fuel system reviews, to
name a few common jobs.
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d°n think you should have to.
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24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
You can avoid the delay and uncertainty
of at-home testing.
Our tests, performed by a professional
in our fully equipped lab, are accurate, convenient,
and, of course, confidential.
If you’re late by even one day,
we can tell you whether you’re pregnant.
No appointment is necessary, and there is no paperwork
because the fee is paid in advance.
Simply call us for instructions before you come in.
675-6710.
The test costs $15.00.
And you’ll know the results within hours.
Because part of keeping you healthy
is not keeping you in suspense.
“Doing a standard brake job,
a student may be able to finish
it in one class period, or he
may take two. It is kind of
hard to say, because every stu­
dent is a little different, and I
personally make sure that no
car leaves the shop until it is
fixed absolutely right,”
Durland said.
The cost of the work is
substantially less than one
might find in a commercial
shop, but the trade-off is that
there is no guarantee as to
when the car will be com­
pleted. “Some people may br­
ing their car in and expect it to
be ready to go that afternoon
like it is done in a shop in the
outside market, but it just is
not possible under the condi­
tions in which we operate,”
Durland said.
Students get their best train­
ing by working in the shop,
Durland said, but they first go
through training in filmstrips
and books. He explained that
students are able to complete
the hands-on work more effi­
ciently once they are familiar
with a car’s specifications and
manual.
Most of the cars serviced at
the automotive department are
those of faculty members,
Dur land said, but anybody
can apply to have their car
worked on.
The car owner first has to
come into the automotive of­
fice and fill out a simple form
that includes the problem the
car is having and how the
owner can be contacted to
discuss a repair appointment.
MIKE WOOD WATCHES as David Bossert(R) gives engine a
working over in the College’s automotive department.
Photo by Joel Miller
Then the instructor for a than the open market might
given class selects those pro­ charge.
spects that look like they will
One instructor emphasized
provide the best opportunity
for experience for his class, that the College’s shop is not
and arragements are made to in any way designed to or
have the car brought into the desirous of taking business
away from those in the
shop for the work.
The cost to the owner is the automotive repair business in
cost of the required parts plus the area, but rather acts as an
aid to those businesses in pro­
a 15 percent miscellaneous fee;
there is no charge for student viding a work force that is
labor, which puts the overall available to the shops to take
cost of the work much lower advantage of.
Good'^
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A BUZZING BEE goes busily about it’s business welcoming early spring flowers back to
life on recent sunny day.
Photo by Daniel Wheeler
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