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We only teach what a workshop will pay for

AutoFIX started in 2016 with four lifts, two instructors and eleven students. Ten years on we run six majors across two campuses — and we still measure ourselves by one number: how many graduates are still in the trade two years later.

Brand story

Built by technicians who were tired of re-training people

Our founders ran a dealership service department and a collision shop. Between them they interviewed hundreds of graduates who could recite a textbook and could not torque a wheel correctly.

So the curriculum was written backwards: start from the tasks a first-year technician is actually given, then work out what has to be taught to do them safely and to spec. That is why 70% of class hours are practical, why every module ends in a timed task, and why our instructors still work in the trade.

Licensed since 2016

Vocational training licence no. AF-2016-0417, renewed 2024.

Assessment centre

Accredited for vocational skill grade assessment in four of our six majors.

Riverside campus · Bay 01

Riverside campus Mechanical, NEV and diagnostic workshops · 62,000 sq ft

Milestones

Ten years, in the order it happened

2016

Four lifts, eleven students

AutoFIX opens in a rented industrial unit with a single mechanical programme.

2018

Body & paint added

First spray booth installed; collision repair becomes the second major.

2021

NEV workshop opens

Battery pack teardown benches and HV safety certification introduced.

2023

Northgate campus

Second campus opens with 6 bays, dormitory and a dedicated ADAS calibration bay.

2025

3,000th graduate

Partner network passes 300 enterprises; alumni studio network launches.

2026

Six majors, 128 vehicles

Appraisal and evening programmes added; employment rate published per term.

Campuses

Two sites, same standard

Both campuses run the same curriculum, the same assessment tasks and the same equipment list. You choose by travel time, not by quality.

Riverside Campus

18 Riverside Industrial Rd. The original site: mechanical, NEV three-electric and electronic diagnosis workshops, plus the main parts store.

6 bays74 training vehiclesDormitory 120 bedsMon–Sat 08:30–20:30

Northgate Campus

Unit 4, Northgate Park. Purpose-built for body, paint, detailing and modification, with a second paint booth and a static ADAS calibration bay.

6 bays54 training vehicles2 paint boothsMon–Sat 08:30–20:30

Vision

A trade where the training matches the job

Our ten-year goal is unglamorous: that an employer hiring an AutoFIX graduate never has to ask where they trained. That means publishing our employment data even when it is uncomfortable, and retiring any module that no longer matches what workshops actually do.

For students

A route into work that does not depend on who you know.

For employers

Technicians who arrive able to do the first-year jobs unsupervised.

For the trade

Published standards, honest fees, and instructors who still work on cars.

Partnerships

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