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Hendricks takes helm as coordinator for autonomous vehicle program
Thomas Hendricks has been teaching for San Jacinto College for nearly seven years,
first as an adjunct and then as full-time coordinator for the Future Automotive Service
Technicians automotive technology program.
Now he's taking on a new role; coordinator for the autonomous vehicle program. This is the first autonomous vehicle technician certificate program in Texas and was created by Nuro, a leading autonomous vehicle company.
Did You Know?
The one-year autonomous vehicle certificate (39 credit hours) includes:
- Lectures and in-class demonstrations, along with practice lab skill sets, which will help students train to transition into the workforce
- The opportunity to work in the automotive field while attending school in the Earn While You Learn program
- Theory of operation, component identification, and diagnostic procedures, developing the skills to properly diagnose issues and to pass the Automotive Service Excellence exams
- Hands-on training for real-world experience
San Jac Online
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Associate degrees offered 100% online
Associate degrees offered 100% online
62.3%
of students took at least one online course in spring 2023
of students took at least one online course in spring 2023
34
Workforce certificates offered fully online
Workforce certificates offered fully online
32.5%
of students took only online courses in spring 2023
of students took only online courses in spring 2023
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