Hours: 780.5 class, 823.0 Lab
Program Description:
In UTI’s Diesel Technology program, students get hands-on training with powerful trucks and engines, including products from Navistar International Corp.; Cummins, Inc.; Detroit Diesel Corporation; Caterpillar; Mack Trucks, Inc.; Mercedes Engines and Volvo Trucks North America. Today’s diesel engines, commercial vehicles and heavy-equipment systems are highly sophisticated, with advanced computer controls and electronic functions. Students will work on it all – from preventive maintenance to the latest in high-tech electronics, including air brakes, hydraulics, and transport refrigeration.
Cummins engines power everything from Dodge Ram trucks, RVs, emergency vehicles and buses to one of every four tractor trailers on the road in the United States.
Objective:
Students in this program may work in the following positions and work settings such as dealerships and owner shops as a technician/mechanic or inspector, factories as a diesel assembler, and tractor companies as a repair and maintenance technician.
Students enrolled in Cummins Engines will train exclusively on Cummins heavy-duty ISX15 Engines. Each graduate has the opportunity to achieve Cummins qualifications by passing a written test and hands-on evaluation for 2010 through 2017 Cummins ISX15 heavy-duty engines. Each student will have their Cummins training history stored under the student’s Cummins Promotional ID number.