Professional technician development

Build technicians through clear role-based paths, not a flat course pile.

AutoTech Academy is a paid training platform for modern repair shops, built around apprentice fundamentals, diagnostic core work, advanced systems, and leadership development.

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4Learning tracks

36Courses live

3Paid plans

Role-based paths

Apprentice / Early Technician
Diagnostic Core
Systems Specialist / Advanced Diagnostics
Lead Tech / Shop Leadership

Training paths

Built the way technicians actually grow.

Beginner

Foundations

Apprentice / Early Technician · Recommended order #1

Start technicians with process, discipline, inspection habits, and service-information fluency instead of guessing and parts darts.

4 weeks · 9 lessons
Build techs who can work clean, document clearly, and troubleshoot from facts.

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Core Diagnostic

Electrical & Testing

Apprentice / Early Technician · Recommended order #2

Turn vague electrical fear into a structured test-first approach built around voltage, current, resistance, and wiring logic.

5 weeks · 9 lessons
Get technicians comfortable proving circuits instead of replacing parts on hope.

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Intermediate to Advanced

Drivability & Diagnostics

Apprentice / Early Technician · Recommended order #3

Teach a repeatable drivability process using scan data, fuel trims, symptom isolation, and clean test plans.

6 weeks · 9 lessons
Help technicians diagnose faster, explain findings clearly, and stop bouncing between guesses.

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Core System

Brakes 1

Apprentice / Early Technician · Recommended order #4

Teach technicians how to inspect brake systems honestly, separate urgency from noise, and make recommendations that are safe, clear, and defensible.

5 weeks · 8 lessons
Build technicians who can inspect brake systems with confidence, identify the real failure lane, and communicate brake recommendations without drama or guesswork.

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Core System

Steering & Suspension 1

Apprentice / Early Technician · Recommended order #5

Teach technicians how to inspect steering and suspension systems honestly, separate symptom lanes cleanly, and write recommendations that hold up.

5 weeks · 8 lessons
Build technicians who can turn vague ride complaints into real inspection findings, identify worn or unsafe steering and suspension conditions, and communicate repair logic without guessing.

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Intermediate

Foundations 2

Diagnostic Core · Recommended order #1

Build the next layer of technician discipline: better test choices, cleaner handoff, stronger escalation, and honest confidence when the job gets messy.

4 weeks · 8 lessons
Build technicians who protect paid time, preserve diagnostic value, and communicate proof clearly when cases stop being easy.

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Intermediate to Advanced

Electrical 2

Diagnostic Core · Recommended order #2

Teach stronger electrical judgment under pressure: intermittent faults, loaded proof, control-side reasoning, and cleaner module/network thinking.

5 weeks · 8 lessons
Build technicians who can narrow difficult electrical problems faster, prove the lane cleanly, and stop turning intermittent clues into random part replacement.

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Core System

HVAC 1

Diagnostic Core · Recommended order #3

Teach technicians how to separate refrigerant, airflow, control, and heat-load complaints so HVAC recommendations are based on proof instead of guesswork.

5 weeks · 8 lessons
Build technicians who can take vague hot-or-warm air complaints, test the right lane, and explain HVAC repair logic clearly without replacing parts on hope.

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Core System

Engine Performance 1

Diagnostic Core · Recommended order #4

Teach technicians how to separate drivability complaints into the right performance lanes and make engine-performance recommendations from evidence instead of pattern-memory alone.

5 weeks · 8 lessons
Build technicians who can frame engine performance complaints cleanly, test the right lane, and explain fuel-air-spark-control repair logic with stronger proof.

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Core System

Transmission / Driveline 1

Diagnostic Core · Recommended order #5

Teach technicians how to separate shift, engagement, driveline, and load complaints so transmission recommendations are based on behavior and proof instead of fear or guesswork.

5 weeks · 8 lessons
Build technicians who can frame transmission and driveline complaints clearly, test the right lane, and explain repair logic without turning every symptom into a full unit replacement story.

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Advanced System

Engine Mechanical 1

Diagnostic Core · Recommended order #6

Teach technicians how to separate mechanical engine problems from fuel, ignition, control, and drivability lookalikes so heavy recommendations are based on proof instead of fear.

6 weeks · 8 lessons
Build technicians who can frame mechanical-engine complaints clearly, test the right lane, and explain compression, timing, sealing, and restriction concerns without bluffing or overcalling the failure.

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Advanced System

ADAS / Calibration 1

Diagnostic Core · Recommended order #7

Teach technicians how to separate scan-tool ritual from real ADAS responsibility by framing when calibration is required, what prerequisites matter, and how to explain the work cleanly.

6 weeks · 8 lessons
Build technicians who can identify ADAS-related repair triggers, confirm prerequisites, perform or route calibration responsibly, and document the logic without bluffing or shortcut language.

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Intermediate

Brakes 2

Systems Specialist / Advanced Diagnostics · Recommended order #1

Build the next layer of brake skill: proving the failure lane, separating hydraulic vs friction complaints, and closing harder brake cases without guesswork.

4 weeks · 6 lessons
Build technicians who can handle harder brake complaints, prove whether the issue lives in friction, hardware, hydraulic, or control behavior, and write brake recommendations that survive pushback.

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Intermediate

HVAC 2

Systems Specialist / Advanced Diagnostics · Recommended order #2

Build the next layer of HVAC skill: interpret system behavior under load, separate intermittent cooling complaints, and stop turning gauge readings into parts guesses.

4 weeks · 6 lessons
Build technicians who can handle harder A/C complaints, prove whether the issue belongs to refrigerant flow, heat exchange, controls, or operating conditions, and explain HVAC recommendations without bluffing.

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Intermediate

Engine Performance 2

Systems Specialist / Advanced Diagnostics · Recommended order #3

Build the next layer of drivability judgment: use operating patterns, compare data honestly, and separate fuel, air, timing, and control lanes on harder engine complaints.

4 weeks · 6 lessons
Build technicians who can handle harder engine-performance cases, choose smarter confirmation steps, and write recommendations that sound like proof instead of accumulated suspicion.

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Advanced System

Advanced Electrical / Network

Systems Specialist / Advanced Diagnostics · Recommended order #4

Teach technicians how to handle harder electrical and network cases without panic by separating power, ground, signal, control, and communication failure lanes.

6 weeks · 8 lessons
Build technicians who can frame intermittent and module-network complaints clearly, test the right lane, and explain advanced electrical recommendations from proof instead of intimidation or scan-tool superstition.

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Advanced Diagnostic

Advanced Drivability / Scope Strategy

Systems Specialist / Advanced Diagnostics · Recommended order #5

Teach technicians how to use complaint framing, scopes, and pattern comparison to isolate hard drivability faults without falling back to codes-only thinking or parts-substitution habits.

6 weeks · 8 lessons
Build technicians who can frame advanced drivability complaints cleanly, capture useful scope patterns, compare known-good versus suspect behavior, and document their proof path with real confidence.

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Advanced Specialist

Network Diagnostics 2

Systems Specialist / Advanced Diagnostics · Recommended order #6

Teach technicians how to isolate harder network failures by separating bus health, wake-up logic, voltage integrity, and module behavior before the shop buys an expensive guess.

4 weeks · 6 lessons
Build technicians who can handle ugly communication failures, isolate network disruption cleanly, and write module or wiring recommendations that sound earned instead of mystical.

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Advanced Specialist

Advanced Scope / Waveform

Systems Specialist / Advanced Diagnostics · Recommended order #7

Teach technicians how to use the scope with more purpose by capturing the right event, comparing the right channels, and turning waveform evidence into recommendations that survive the handoff out of the bay.

5 weeks · 6 lessons
Build technicians who can capture scarce failure moments, compare command and response intelligently, and use waveform proof without drifting into screenshot theater or magical thinking.

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Advanced Specialist

Intermittent Fault Strategy

Systems Specialist / Advanced Diagnostics · Recommended order #8

Teach technicians how to stop treating intermittent faults like ghost stories by shrinking the failure window, forcing conditions, and proving which lane really fails when the event comes and goes.

5 weeks · 6 lessons
Build technicians who can frame intermittent complaints calmly, reproduce conditions more often, capture the right event, and write recommendations that sound disciplined instead of lucky.

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Advanced Specialist

Network / CAN 2

Systems Specialist / Advanced Diagnostics · Recommended order #9

Teach technicians how to isolate harder network failures by separating bus health, wake-sleep behavior, branch disruption, and module blame before expensive guesses get sold as certainty.

5 weeks · 6 lessons
Build technicians who can handle ugly communication failures, isolate network disruption cleanly, and explain module or wiring recommendations from system proof instead of scan-tool superstition.

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Advanced Specialist

Scope Strategy 2

Systems Specialist / Advanced Diagnostics · Recommended order #10

Teach technicians how to use the scope with more purpose on ugly cases by improving trigger control, channel relationships, and proof strategy under real shop pressure.

4 weeks · 6 lessons
Build technicians who can capture harder failure events, compare command and response intelligently, and turn waveform evidence into cleaner repair calls.

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Advanced Specialist

Case Library v1

Systems Specialist / Advanced Diagnostics · Recommended order #11

Teach technicians how to think through real diagnostic cases by studying the complaint, the tempting wrong path, the proof that mattered, and the recommendation that actually held up.

4 weeks · 6 lessons
Build technicians who can recognize familiar failure patterns, avoid expensive wrong turns, and explain why the cleaner proof path was stronger than the tempting first guess.

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Advanced Specialist

Proof Assets v1

Systems Specialist / Advanced Diagnostics · Recommended order #12

Turn good diagnostic thinking into repeatable shop tools by teaching technicians how to use worksheets, proof-planning sheets, and handoff templates that preserve the real logic of the case.

4 weeks · 6 lessons
Build technicians who can document hard cases cleanly, plan captures before the failure shows up, write stronger recommendations, and hand off proof in a form the rest of the shop can actually use.

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Advanced System

ADAS / Calibration 2

Systems Specialist / Advanced Diagnostics · Recommended order #13

Teach technicians how to handle harder ADAS cases by separating trigger, prerequisite, environment, fault-lane, and completion logic without bluffing around safety systems.

6 weeks · 8 lessons
Build technicians who can manage more complex ADAS and calibration decisions, diagnose why a calibration will not complete cleanly, and document final system status with real credibility.

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Advanced System

Hybrid / EV Foundations

Systems Specialist / Advanced Diagnostics · Recommended order #14

Teach technicians how to approach hybrid and EV service with real high-voltage discipline, safer workflow habits, and cleaner system thinking instead of bluffing or fear-based shortcuts.

6 weeks · 8 lessons
Build technicians who can identify high-voltage risk correctly, follow disable and verify-zero discipline, frame hybrid/EV complaints cleanly, and document the work in a way that protects people and the shop.

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Advanced System

Diesel / Aftertreatment 1

Systems Specialist / Advanced Diagnostics · Recommended order #15

Teach technicians how to separate diesel driveability, emissions, and aftertreatment complaints into cleaner lanes so DPF, DEF, SCR, and regen decisions are based on proof instead of fear or parts-swapping.

6 weeks · 8 lessons
Build technicians who can frame diesel and aftertreatment complaints correctly, distinguish root-cause lanes from downstream symptoms, and document regen/emissions recommendations with real credibility.

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Advanced Specialist

Hybrid / EV 2

Systems Specialist / Advanced Diagnostics · Recommended order #16

Teach technicians how to diagnose harder hybrid and EV complaints by separating high-voltage system state, thermal control, charging behavior, and isolation concerns without bluffing.

4 weeks · 6 lessons
Build technicians who can isolate harder hybrid/EV faults safely, distinguish control problems from hardware problems, and write recommendations that match real proof on electrified platforms.

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Advanced Specialist

Diesel / Aftertreatment 2

Systems Specialist / Advanced Diagnostics · Recommended order #17

Teach technicians how to diagnose harder diesel aftertreatment complaints by separating combustion health, regen behavior, dosing logic, and conversion performance before selling major emissions hardware.

4 weeks · 6 lessons
Build technicians who can handle recurring diesel emissions cases more intelligently, isolate upstream versus downstream failure lanes, and document major emissions recommendations with stronger credibility.

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Leadership / Management

Manager Standards v1

Lead Tech / Leadership · Recommended order #1

Give owners and managers a real operating playbook for where to place technicians, when to move them, how to interpret lane progress, and what to do when learning stalls.

4 weeks · 6 lessons
Build managers who can run the academy like a shop system: assign the right starting lane, intervene when movement stalls, recognize near-completion correctly, and reassign people based on real readiness instead of vibes.

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Leadership / Management

Readiness Checkpoints v1

Lead Tech / Leadership · Recommended order #2

Turn lane completion into a real readiness system by defining honest completion gates, next-lane checks, manager signoff discipline, and the difference between progress and actual readiness.

4 weeks · 6 lessons
Build a training system where lane completion means something operationally, managers know what readiness really looks like, and promotions through the academy happen from evidence instead of vibes.

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Leadership / Advanced Foundations

Shop Workflow / Leadership

Lead Tech / Leadership · Recommended order #3

Teach technicians how to protect diagnostic time, escalate intelligently, hand off cases clearly, and raise the quality of shop workflow without sounding dramatic or territorial.

6 weeks · 8 lessons
Build technicians who can own cases more cleanly, improve handoff quality, protect paid time, and communicate diagnostic leadership in a way that helps the whole shop perform better.

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Leadership / Workflow Reinforcement

Comeback Prevention

Lead Tech / Leadership · Recommended order #4

Teach technicians how to slow down at the right moment, run smarter final checks, and build delivery habits that keep preventable comebacks from leaving the lot.

6 weeks · 6 lessons
Build technicians who can verify repairs more honestly, catch incomplete work before delivery, and model lead-tech discipline around comeback prevention.

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Leadership / Workflow Reinforcement

QC / Final Check

Lead Tech / Leadership · Recommended order #5

Teach technicians and emerging leads how to turn final checks into a real quality-control process instead of a rushed glance before parking the car.

6 weeks · 6 lessons
Build technicians who can run a trustworthy QC pass, separate true completion from hopeful completion, and support a cleaner release standard across the shop.

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Leadership / Workflow Reinforcement

Handoff & Escalation 2

Lead Tech / Leadership · Recommended order #6

Build the next layer of handoff and escalation discipline so difficult cases move through the shop with less reset, less ego, and better signal.

6 weeks · 6 lessons
Build technicians who can escalate earlier and cleaner, transfer cases without value loss, and behave more like lead techs supporting total shop throughput instead of just their own bay.

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Leadership / Advanced Workflow

Diagnostic Leadership 2

Lead Tech / Leadership · Recommended order #7

Develop lead-tech and operator judgment around directing diagnostic work, coaching technicians in real time, and making stronger shop-wide decisions on hard cases.

6 weeks · 6 lessons
Build technicians who can lead the diagnostic floor more effectively, coach the team's next move, and think beyond single-case success toward whole-shop quality and throughput.

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Outcomes

Make training useful on the shop floor.

Give entry-level and B-techs a real start-here path instead of dropping them into a flat catalog.

Turn shop knowledge into sequenced training tracks that compound instead of feeling random.

Help owners and managers assign learning by role, stage, and responsibility.

Make the academy feel like a technician operating system, not just a pile of courses.

Self-serve SaaS

Buy seats, onboard your team, and run technician development in one system.

The training app, learner dashboard, billing flow, and team admin workflow are live. Shops can subscribe, assign seats, onboard technicians, and manage progression from one paid workspace.

Shop Team controls

Assign seats, issue invites, manage placement, and track team progression from the admin workspace.

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Learner access

Technicians sign in directly, follow the right path for their role, and work through the academy with clear progression and plan-based access.

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