Small Engine Repair Schools and Programs

Small Engine Mechanics Repair Training Programs

Small engines powering motorcycles, motorboats, and outdoor power equipment share many characteristics with their larger counterparts, including breakdowns. Small engine mechanics repair and service power equipment ranging from racing motorcycles to chain saws.

Like large engines, small engines require periodic service to minimize the chance of breakdowns and to keep them operating at peak performance. During routine equipment maintenance, mechanics follow a checklist that includes the inspection and cleaning of brakes, electrical systems, fuel injection systems, plugs, carburetors, and other parts. Following inspection, mechanics usually repair or adjust parts that do not work properly or replace unfixable parts. Routine maintenance is normally a major part of the mechanic's work.

Small engine mechanics held about 67,000 jobs in 2002. Motorcycle mechanics held around 15,000 jobs. Motorboat mechanics held approximately 22,000 and outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics about 30,000. Almost half worked for other motor vehicle dealers, an industry that includes retail dealers of motorcycles, boats, and miscellaneous vehicles; or for retail hardware, lawn, and garden stores. Most of the remainder were employed by independent repair shops, marinas and boatyards, equipment rental companies, wholesale distributors, and landscaping services. About 15 percent were self-employed, compared to about 6 percent of workers in all installation, maintenance, and repair occupations.

Online Small Engine Programs

Ashworth College

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You donï¿½t have to rearrange your life to get a quality education. Ashworth College, a respected worldwide leader in distance education, offers high school diploma programs, professional-level career diploma programs, associateï¿½s programs, and masterï¿½s de

Ashworth College - Canada

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International Career School

Programs & Degrees

Get the skills you need to prepare for a new career in one of today's hottest career fields with a diploma or certificate from Penn Foster Career School. Choose from over 80 quality distance education programs in areas like health services, business, lega

Penn Foster Career School

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Penn Foster Global - Scranton

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Start your new career today with Penn Foster Global. Choose from over 80 quality distance education programs in Health Services, Business, Technology, Education and more

Stratford Career Institute

Programs & Degrees

Stratford Career Institute is an innovative leader in the field of distance education. More than 700,000 students have enrolled in our convenient, affordable career education courses since 1991. We offer more than 60 career diploma programs in a variety o

Campus-based Colleges - Small Engine Degrees

ATI Career Training Center - North Richland Hills - Texas
Baran Institute of Technology - Bloomfield - Connecticut
Baran Institute of Technology - East Windsor - Connecticut
Baran Institute of Technology - Windsor Locks - Connecticut
ICS Canada - Quebec
Motorcycle Mechanics Institute - Arizona Campus - Arizona
Motorcycle Mechanics Institute - Florida Campus - Florida
WyoTech - Daytona - Florida
WyoTech - Fremont - California
YTI Career Institute - Motorcycle Technology Center - Pennsylvania
YTI Career Institute - York - Pennsylvania

Mechanic / Technician

Technicians and mechanics must continually adapt to changing technology and repair techniques as vehicle components and systems become increasingly sophisticated. Formal technician training is the best preparation for these challenging technology-based jobs.

Universal Technical Institute

Lincoln Tech®

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