Diploma in Autotransports

Automotive Transport is a first-level (short-cycle) professional higher education programme at Riga Technical College (Rīgas Tehniskā koledža). It is taught in Latvian at Lēdmanes iela 3 in Riga, lasts two and a half years, and leads to the qualification of car service specialist. Study is full-time and on campus, with classes on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday starting at 15:20. Graduates work in vehicle maintenance and repair companies, diagnostic centres and technical inspection points. They service cars, diagnose their technical condition and repair faults by replacing assemblies and parts, dismantling and fitting components and doing fitter's work. They also deal with customers and can lead a unit of a service business, supported by a grounding in business economics and legislation. Applicants need general secondary or vocational secondary education. Places are funded either from the state budget or by the student. The programme belongs to the study direction that combines mechanics, metalworking, heat energy and heat engineering.