With 7,000 diesel technician jobs projected to open in Tennessee between 2020 and 20301, the diesel industry holds promise for anyone looking to build hands-on skills and launch an exciting career. Nationally, 256,000 job openings for Diesel Technicians are projected to be available between 2023 and 20331. The region’s shipping, construction, and agriculture industries depend on trained, skilled diesel technicians from our Nashville Auto Diesel College (NADC) diesel technology school to keep their equipment and businesses running.

Skills Acquired Through the NADC Diesel Technology School:

• Learn to diagnose, troubleshoot and repair medium and heavy duty diesel engines
• Practice adjusting the components of a heavy duty truck steering system including the toe-in, camber, and caster
• Use industry standard tools and equipment for maintenance
• Diagnoses and repairs truck clutch systems
• Build experience working with hydraulic and air brake systems
• Service fuel systems brands including Cummins, Detroit Diesel, Caterpillar and others
• Learn basic welding procedures essential to working on big rigs and other diesel-powered equipment.

NADC Training Can Prepare You for a Career Working with:

• Agriculture equipment
• Truck fleets
• 18 wheelers
• Construction equipment
• Power generation equipment
• Marine equipment
• Buses and other transportation vehicles

The Welding and Fabrication Technology program prepares students for entry level welder positions as structural welders. Students develop key fundamental skills during the initial courses and learn to apply these skills using different and more complex welding procedures. The welding procedures include Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW/MIG), Flux Core Arc Welding (FCAW), and Gas Tungsten Arc Gas Welding (GTAW/TIG). Using each of these procedures, students learn to weld plate in various positions including horizontal, vertical, and overhead. Students also learn various techniques for cutting and preparing metal for welding procedures.

Upon successful completion of all components of this program, the graduate should possess the working knowledge and skills to qualify as a structural welder using any one of three standard welding processes in construction, fabrication, or plant maintenance work settings. Students should be able to successfully complete pre-qualification tests for any construction or structural related projects.

Highlights of NADC’s Welding School:

• Metal fabrication techniques
• Welding plate metal, carbon steel plates, aluminum, and stainless steel
• Welding in horizontal, vertical, and overhead settings
• Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)
• Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW/MIG)
• Flux Core Arc Welding (FCAW)
• Tungsten Arc Gas Welding (GTAW/TIG)

Lincoln Tech’s Electrician and Electronics training programs are designed to meet society’s continuous demands in business and residential settings. High and low-voltage electrical systems are essential to everyday life, and opportunities for qualified electricians continue to grow as emerging energy technologies develop.

Three different program options, based on campus location, give you the chance to prepare for installation and service of residential, commercial, and industrial systems. Electricians and electronics systems technicians are needed at private homes, construction sites, large corporations, schools, hospitals, airports … just about everywhere!