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Automotive engineering and technology, Pūhanga me te hangarau motokā

Automotive engineering and technology is the study of how to plan, design, develop, produce and maintain motor vehicles, earth-moving equipment, motorcycles and small engines.

It gives you an understanding of automotive engineering theory and practice, how to build, paint and trim vehicles, and how to organise, work out the costs and do the tasks needed to design, build and maintain vehicles.

A mechanic and male trainee working underneath a car together

You might learn about

  • designing and developing vehicles and small engines
  • design standards for vehicles and parts
  • testing and evaluating vehicle performance and safety
  • diagnosing and repairing faults
  • structural properties of material for building vehicles

Your focus could be
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