Published March 15th, 2011
Discover Automotive Service Opportunities with the Canadian Tire Modified Apprenticeship
If you have an interest in the automobile industry, specifically the automotive service technician field, and you want to work in a Canadian company that is progressive and has many opportunities across the country, there is a program just for you.
To apply for the one-year program, students are required to present at minimum an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or GED or equivalent. They should also be employed by a Canadian Tire dealership or selected through an interview process. For this modified apprenticeship, candidates may apply directly to Centennial College. As space in the program is limited, acceptance is based on successful completion of all entry requirements. Successful applicants must obtain an employer and then register as a MAP apprentice with the Apprenticeship Branch of the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.
Once you have been accepted into the program, you will find that training is more in-depth and in-school sessions are longer than traditional apprenticeships. This creates the opportunity to obtain more in-depth knowledge. You will be learning from a very focused province-wide curriculum that satisfies the knowledge necessary to become a licensed technician. Because the program is product-generic and covers a broad-range of makes and models from the automotive industry, you’ll be employable in a variety of dealerships. For the in-school portion of the program, Canadian Tire supplies the tools and equipment with which you will be training.
Once you have successfully completed the program, you will be employable as an automotive service technician in a Canadian Tire dealer, or other car dealership. At your place of employment, you will maintain and repairs cars, vans and pickup trucks. This is done by fixing engines, changing brakes, checking windshield wipers and fluid levels and replacing mufflers, hoses, belts and plugs. Essentially, if a repair is needed, it’s up to automotive service technicians to find a way to get it done.
This piece has been written by author Emma. She writes about the Centennial College Automotive Service Technician Canadian Tire Modified Apprenticeship. This is a one-year program during which in-school training and on-the-job experience are combined.
Published August 28th, 2010
Exotic Cars and Tire Chains
What’s the first thing comes into your mind when thinking about exotic cars? You would have seen such cars much time in televisions and movies. After seeing such cars, you would have already planned about getting one for you. If you are with an exotic car, you can show off in front of your friends showing your new exotic car. The price of an exotic car would be more than other types of car. For the same reason, you should be making your hands wet for this type of car, only if you are with the right kind of budget for owning such a car.
An exotic car has the tendency to attract anyone and this is one of the reasons why people love these cars more than any other types of cars. Not just that – they are known for their performance as well. A good percentage of today exotic cars would be with high end configurations. The better the configuration, the stronger will be the performance of the car in the roads. You should know how to drive an exotic car – it won’t be that easy to drive one like the other cars out there. But that’s not a big problem though – you can learn it after owning one.
For making your car perform in an even better manner, you can try to do certain modifications on the car. You can even try to put chain on the tires of your car. Doing so, you can move on sand and other such types of platforms in an even better manner. The car would be looking cool with chains on the tires. But putting chains is something about which you should be trying to learn. You will have to remove the tires from the car and then put the chains yourselves.
You should be buying strong tire chain if you are thinking of putting chains to the tires of your car. The chains should be stronger and only then you will be getting the most of this act. And if you are going to do this on your exotic car, it will get even better. The way you take care of your exotic car will depend on the performance of your car. If you take care of the car the right way and take it for maintenance regularly, it would be staying fine.