Toyota Technician Training Offers Unique Opportunity

Did you know that by attending Toyota Technician training at Centennial College, you may go on to work as more than just an automotive service technician? That’s because this undertaking also offers the knowledge needed to obtain jobs such as service writers (responsible for writing repair orders, communicating them to the mechanic and estimating the final cost to the consumer), service parts managers (ensure that right spare part and resources are at the right place, where the broken part is, at the right time), trainers and professors (teach students how to become automotive service technicians) and automotive manufacturer specialists. Within the Toyota organization, these professionals can rest assured that they will be in demand as they are working for the eleventh-largest company in the world by revenue.

This Toyota training, officially known as the Automotive Service Technician Toyota (Map 32) program, requires applications to possess at minimum an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or a General Educational Development (GED) or equivalent. In addition, they should be employed by a Toyota dealership. Candidates may apply directly to Centennial College, with successful applicants obtaining an employer and registering as a MAP apprentice with the Apprenticeship Branch of the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. Students may apply to a maximum of three programs at Centennial College. There are a limited number spots within this Toyota technician training. However, when space permits additional applicants who may not be employed by Toyota are selected through an interview process.

Toyota technician training is covered in four eight-week blocks, alternating with apprenticeship work terms at students’ Toyota dealers. As such, students first gain an understanding of the basics through a traditional apprenticeship curriculum as well as additional training on Toyota products’ description, operation, diagnostics and repair. They then head out into the real world to apply what they have learned and obtain new knowledge from seasoned professionals with whom they work side-by-side.

The on-campus component of this Toyota training is delivered at Ashtonbee Campus, Centennial College’s transportation training hub. This location is also the largest transportation training centre in the province and comes with fully-equipped automotive labs. As such, students’ training on Toyota products makes them productive immediately after completing each level of their training. Using the labs and actual Toyota vehicles, the Toyota technician training covers five particular courses: Drive Train Systems, Electrical/Electronic & Fuels, Engine Systems, Work Practices and Procedures and Suspension/Steering and Brake Systems.

While they are in school, students of this Toyota Technician training may also be eligible for Employment Insurance (EI) and while they are with their employers, they are fully compensated. Another benefit of the Toyota technician training is that students may also be eligible for up to $4,000 in various grants and tax incentives. This Toyota technician training also makes employers eligible for up to $45,000 over four years in various federal and provincial tax incentives.