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This project researched automotive educational institutions and manufacturing industries that conduct current and future high technology training in four overseas countries: USA, Germany, England and Japan. In particular, the study addressed: current and future, automotive high technology trends; affects on the automotive repair industry; future impact on automotive vocational training courses; provision of high technology micro-courses; and changes to traditional training systems required to cope with rapidly changing technology. The findings demonstrate that these countries have faced the same challenges as Australia in ‘keeping training relevant to current and future technology’. The project focused on how Australia could use overseas experience to develop a model that will address automotive high technology training concerns. The author recommends a review of the Australian automotive apprentice training system in light of the overseas findings.