Before You Choose A Program

Auto Mechanic Training Guides

Work through the decisions that shape your training: the credential, the total price, the hands-on work, and the certification requirements.

How To Become An Auto Mechanic

Learn the education, shop experience, and ASE steps that can lead to work as an auto mechanic, with clear choices for starting your training.

See real published automotive program costs, what tuition estimates include, and which fees to count before you enroll in auto mechanic school.

Compare an automotive certificate and associate degree by coursework, cost, time, hands-on practice, and the separate ASE certification process.

Learn how ASE tests, relevant work experience, training substitutions, A-series tests, Master status, and recertification fit together.

Compare online auto mechanic training, hands-on requirements, costs, and certification paths before choosing a program.

See the May 2025 BLS OEWS median, lower and upper wage percentiles, employment count, and the factors that move auto mechanic pay.

See how paid auto mechanic apprenticeships combine shop work with classroom study, how real dealership programs differ, and who can start.

Learn how the words technician and mechanic differ in shops, why BLS counts them as one occupation, and what the title means for training and pay.