[MUSIC - FRANKIE RAGE AND THE STREET ANGELS, "TATTOO"]
Eastfield College is a community college
in the east part of-- the eastern side of Dallas.
We offer three different automotive programs
that deal strictly with students that want
to be technicians to fix cars.
We have a Toyota/Lexus program, a Honda and Acura program.
We have a general program, which has a little bit of Audi
embedded into it, as well as auto body and high performance
that we offer here.
The same jobs they would do in the shop
is what we do here at school.
We teach them on the same cars, same equipment,
having them doing the same jobs.
We spend a lot of time on topics that are not just fixing cars,
on how to budget your life, how to stay healthy
doing this career, and things of that nature-- which
makes a huge impact on their success when they leave us.
[MUSIC - FRANKIE RAGE AND THE STREET ANGELS, "TATTOO"]
Our automotive program succeeds because we
have a chancellor that thinks about skilled labor.
And at that point, we're being supported
both in our administration and through funds.
We also have an initiative with Dallas County Community College
called the Dallas County Promise that 57 schools
within our district in the Dallas area
can actually come to school for free.
OK, so that's a huge scholarship in the sense
that our students are being supported,
and we can actively teach tomorrow's technicians.
[MUSIC - MATT RUSIN, "CATCHING FIRE"]
I've been through quite a bit learning with my teachers,
doing everything the right way, the safe way,
and I've been learning ever since.
The Eastfield school has been real helpful to me
in every way, educationally and hands-on.
And they do a real good job showing you hands-on.
What I find really exhilarating from this program
is mainly learning about the tools,
learning about how I can do things easier,
especially with less power than I have with manpower.
I find that certain tools make jobs easier for me
than it could be with me just doing it with a different tool.
Our automotive program has been able to succeed
because of our reputation.
We've been around since 1970 and are
able to produce a high-skilled worker.
Therefore, our administration supports us in any way
that they can.
Eastfield College has addressed the innovation in the industry
by having our instructors go to continuing training
in industry-related fields.
They attend manufacture training,
like Honda and Toyota.
They attend SEMA, AAPEX.
They also attend PPG, Car-O-Liner, English Color kind
of training, ASC conferences.
That's how they keep up with the cutting-edge technology
[MUSIC - MATT RUSIN, "CATCHING FIRE"]
Really good.
It's been really helpful.
I was able to find a job at Lexus.
So I think this is a really good program overall.
I like it that it's hands-on, and it's always
something different and it's not repetitive.
I can definitely say it's actually been more than I
expected from Eastfield considering Eastfield is not
a trade school.
But what they've gave and given to me has been very helpful,
and it's something that I will take with me
for the rest of my career.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Make sure you educate yourself.
That's the most important thing that you can
give yourself is an education.
Eastfield College has many programs
to offer, everything from HVAC back to mechatronics,
collision repair, welding, automotive-- we have it all.
And the important thing is that you educate yourself
at a good school, like ours, that
actually has instructors that have been out in the industry.
That way, when you leave this program,
you're going to be full of confidence and know-how.