PETALING JAYA: Readers of star-motoring.com would be familiar with the “What’s Your Problem?” column, whereby readers write in to seek answers to car problems they are facing.
Star-motoring.com has teamed up with The Otomotif College (TOC) to organise the “Care for Your Car” workshop at its main campus in Section 19 here.
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here for further details on the workshop (Registration for Oct 20 workshop is open until Oct 12).
Not only will you get to meet the experts of TOC in person but the day-long workshop will help you on your way to being an informed user of the automobile which has become such an important tool of personal mobility.
From diagnosing some car problems and finding their solutions, you will also learn how to save money via some simple preventive maintenance.
At the same time, you will discover what makes a car tick, get troubleshooting tips and either fix non-critical parts on your own or better tell your mechanic what ails your car.
Participants can sign up for any of the one-day workshops to be held on Sept 15, Oct 20, Nov 17, Dec 8, Jan 26 and Feb 23.
To ensure focused attention for the participants, each workshop will be limited to 30 persons.
The workshop comes with a fee of RM100 and participants are accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis.
TOC says the cars it will use for the training programme may include the Mercedes-Benz C Class, BMW 3 Series, Toyota Camry, Nissan Sylphy, Honda Civic Hybrid, and Proton Waja, Perdana and Saga.
TOC was founded as a ministry of higher education college in 2005 and has been steadily establishing itself as a specialist college in automotive and motorsports education.
It had been awarded a
5-star rating by the Department of Skills Development under the Ministry of Human Resources.
The college is one of the Private Accredited Centre that has achieved excellence in “Mekanik Kenderaan Motor (P-115-1)” for 2011.
The government
audit was to rate the performance of accredited private and public training centres according to the following criteria: quality of trainers, programme relevance, accreditation personnel that meet compliance requirements, adequate training equipment, and effective management and resource usage.
It has set up a second campus called TOC Australia in Gold Coast, Australia.
TOC Australia allows students to be qualified under the Australian Qualification Training Framework, to achieve, Cert 3 and Cert 4 in Automotive Technology as well as a Diploma in Automotive Management.
To register for the workshop, email your name, IC number and contact number to nicholas@istar.com.my OR moi@istar.com.my.