car mechanics

							Car mechanics (BV8)                                                                         144 credits
Technical study in a vocational study programme
Car mechanics is a certified trade. The average duration of study is three and a half years
including basic study in the automotive trade, a total of five semesters in a school and 48 weeks
of workplace training. The main objective of the study programme is to make it possible for
students to gain the understanding and skills necessary for car mechanics to have in their work.
The study programme concludes with a journeyman’s examination that provides qualifications
to work in the trade and to enter a study programme leading to a master’s craftsman
examination.

General subjects                                                                                24 credits
   Foreign languages                         DAN1 102 ENS 102 + 4 credits       8 credits
   Icelandic                                 ÍSL 102 202                        4 credits
   Athletics                                 ÍÞR 101 111 201 211 + 1 credits    5 credits
   Life skills                               LKN 103                            3 credits
   Mathematics                               STÆ 102 122                        4 credits
Specialised subjects                                                                            72 credits
   Power train                               BAX 101 211 311 411 511 611 711    7 credits
   Physics                                   EÐL 102                            2 credits
   Material technology
        (automotive trades)                  BEX 111                            1 credits
   Basic technical drawing                   GRT 103                            3 credits
   Brakes                                    BBX 111 211 311 411 511            5 credits
   Shieldied gas welding (MIG/MAG)           HSU 102                            2 credits
   Engines                                   BHX 101 211 311 411 511
                                                  611 711 811 911               9 credits
      Gas welding                            LSU 102                            2 credits
      Plastic repairs                        BPL 102                            2 credits
      Sheet metal work                       PLV 102                            2 credits
      Electronics for the
      automotive trade                       BRA 111 212 311                    4 credits
      Technical drawing
          (automotive trade)                 BRT 102                            2 credits
      Electricity for the automotive trade   BRX 201 312 412 512 601 712 811   11 credits
      Electrical theory                      RAF 102                            2 credits
      Business administration                REK 102                            2 credits
      First aid                              SKY 101                            1 credits
      Steering and suspension                BSX 101 211 311 411 511            5 credits
      Automotive shop theory                 BVX 101 201 301                    3 credits
      Machine drawing                        BVT 102                            2 credits
      Auto bodies, welding                   BYS 111 211 311                    3 credits
      Various equipment and systems          BÝX 112                            2 credits

Workplace training 48 weeks                                                                     48 credits




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