About MTA Training

As a Vehicle Body Repair Technician apprentice, you’ll learn how to repair the body of vehicles to better than showroom standard.

You’ll learn how to rectify panel damage using the appropriate tools and techniques to repair steel or aluminium panels without using fillers and prepare a panel ready to accept paint primers and top coats.

Become an automotive specialist and develop the skills to set you apart. Learn how Rigid trailers, B-Double and Road Train configurations work while you complete your four year apprenticeship.

This apprenticeship will help with the safe needs of the heavy transport industry.

If you have a passion for heavy machinery and want to be a part of this exciting and innovative industry, a Heavy Commercial Vehicle Technician apprenticeship is for you!

Employment opportunities for diesel mechanics include machinery dealers, bus companies, heavy vehicle repairers, some service stations and Government departments.

You’ll learn how to service, repair and overhaul the mechanical parts of large diesel earthmoving and agricultural equipment such as bulldozers, trucks, buses, graders and tractors.

Do you love solving problems and want to work with people and all automotive fields? A Customer Servicing (Automotive Sales) role might be right for you.

You’ll learn how to sell in all areas of the automotive industry including automotive replacement parts and accessories in retail and wholesale outlets and become an expert in the sourcing and supply of parts.

If you enjoy working with exhausts, pistons, turbo chargers, brake systems, dynos and pulling apart engine blocks, a career as a Light Vehicle Mechanical Technician is for you!

Employment opportunities for motor mechanics include vehicle dealers, automotive repair workshops, fleet operator, engineering companies and Government departments with vehicle workshops.

Have a passion for cars and cutting-edge technology? Pursue a rewarding career as an Automotive Electrical Technician, where you'll specialise in electronic systems and focus on diagnosing and repairing advanced electrical setups.

As an Automotive Electrical Technician, you'll become skilled at learning how to diagnose and repair electronic powertrains, electric drivelines and vehicle stability control systems, including all on-board vehicle management. The automotive industry's shift towards using on-board computer systems means there's a strong demand for technicians who understand tomorrow's advanced automotive technology.

As South Australia's only dedicated automotive industry training provider, the MTA gives you the skills, training and industry access to prepare you for your automotive career.

The MTA delivers automotive programs in schools for students undertaking the VETRO pathway to their chosen careers. These courses are delivered by industry experts in the automotive field, using advanced equipment and cutting-edge technology.

The AUR20520 Certificate II in Automotive Servicing Technology will give you the underpinning skills and knowledge you need to prepare for an apprenticeship with the MTA and a career in the automotive industry.

This course will equip you with the ability to carry out basic automotive servicing operations, inspect vehicle systems and become familiar with a range of tools used in automotive workshops.

As South Australia’s only dedicated automotive industry training provider, the MTA will give you the skills, training and access to industry employers to prepare you for your automotive future!

Mobile Plant Technicians service and repair earth moving equipment including graders, bulldozers, backhoes, frontend loaders, skid steers, excavators and dump trucks.

If you have a high level of attention to detail and get excited by the thought of working with cars to restore them back to their original lustre (or better!) then you might just be an Automotive Refinishing Technician in the making!

Automotive Refinishing Technicians (vehicle painters) prepare surfaces of vehicles, match and mix colours and apply primer and finishing coats of paint.

This high tech position will ensure Agricultural Mechanical Technicians can service and repair all types of diesel farming and agricultural machines including tractors, headers, mowers, slashers and irrigation and harvesting equipment.

An Agricultural Mechanical Technology apprenticeship will turn your STEM skills into real life platform for a career.

Is your automotive repair business prepared to meet the future demands for new technologies and the transition to electric vehicles?

This program is designed for qualified technicians wanting to transition to an Electric Vehicle Technician – AUR32721 Certificate III in Automotive Electric Vehicle Technology, positioning your business at the forefront of automotive innovation.

This course has been developed to equip industry professionals with the skills to carry out light vehicle wheel alignment operations including operating principles of steering geometry and wheel alignment, use of equipment and more.