Professional Automotive Career Training (PACT), is a partnership that is a mutually beneficial program that was implemented for the benefit of the students, Butte College and American Honda. Since 1997 the PACT program has grown in popularity with the students and the dealerships that they will eventually go to work for.

While the students are taking classes in the Automotive Technology Program, they will receive the Honda Factory Training that is appropriate for each area. The Honda modules that the students complete are recorded on a Honda session map, then when students receive their Butte College Auto Tech Certificate of Achievement and have completed a 90 day probation period at a Honda or Acura dealership, they will then be accredited with all the Honda modules that they have completed. The dealerships that hired these students will also get credit for the Honda Factory Training. This is a tremendous cost savings to dealerships using our program (in some cases it is valued at over $150,000). 

We in the Automotive Department feel that the amount of support that Butte College has received in donations of the newest automobiles, technology, and special tools has allowed us to keep pace with the automotive industry of today. This allows the students to work on the cars that they will see on a daily basis once out in the work force. The PACT program seems highly beneficial for everybody involved. To find out more about the Honda Program at the Butte College Department of Automotive Technology, use the link below to our website.

For More information contact:  George Medina, Director of Honda P.A.C.T. Training, Butte College,

Fax:  530-895-2474 --Email:  MedinaGe@butte.edu or at the college.

http://www.butte.cc.ca.us/instruction/aut/