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Diesel mechanic training in Kentucky

9 diesel mechanic programs with results and funding that can make them free

9 schools offer these diesel mechanic programs, and Kentucky has approved every one for workforce funding. Each shows how past students did; Kentucky files no usable prices.

Diesel mechanics inspect and repair buses and trucks and maintain diesel engines of every kind. Community colleges and technical schools offer certificates and degrees in diesel repair, employers may require or prefer certification, and some jobs need a commercial driver's license to test-drive trucks and buses.1 In Kentucky, all 9 programs take students without a high school diploma.

See the 9 programs

How much does diesel mechanic training cost in Kentucky?

Not reported

Kentucky files no usable prices, so none can be shown.

In the typical program

Finished the program
Not enough data
Working 6 months later
Not enough data
Earned a year, estimated
Not enough data
Length
Not reported

Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Only programs approved for workforce funding are listed; other schools in Kentucky may also offer diesel mechanic training. How these figures are made

Is there free diesel mechanic training in Kentucky?

Who qualifies, and other ways to pay: financial aid, grants and the GI Bill

Diesel mechanic training in Cincinnati, Owensboro, Elizabethtown and other Kentucky cities

Choosing an area filters the list below. 3 in smaller cities and towns.

All 9 diesel mechanic programs in Kentucky approved for WIOA funding

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9 programs

  • Diesel technology (associate degree)In personNo diploma needed

    Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician

    Gateway Community and Technical College

    Fort Wright

    No diploma needed

    Gateway Community and Technical College, Fort Wright · Diesel technology (associate degree) · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimated$26,000
    Price if you pay yourselfNot reported
    Program website, Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician at Gateway Community and Technical College
    More details about Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician at Gateway Community and Technical College
    Finished
    15%
    Working at 6 months
    68%
    Earned in a quarter
    $6,511
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    Not reported
    Students counted
    101
    a year, estimated
    $26,000
    price
    Not reported

  • Diesel technology (associate degree)In personNo diploma needed

    Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician

    Owensboro Community and Technical College

    Owensboro

    No diploma needed

    Owensboro Community and Technical College, Owensboro · Diesel technology (associate degree) · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimated$25,000
    Price if you pay yourselfNot reported
    Program website, Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician at Owensboro Community and Technical College
    More details about Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician at Owensboro Community and Technical College
    Finished
    22%
    Working at 6 months
    71%
    Earned in a quarter
    $6,255
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    Not reported
    Students counted
    59
    a year, estimated
    $25,000
    price
    Not reported

  • Diesel technology (associate degree)In personNo diploma needed

    Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician

    Southeast KY Community and Technical College

    Harlan

    No diploma needed

    Southeast KY Community and Technical College, Harlan · Diesel technology (associate degree) · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimated$15,500
    Price if you pay yourselfNot reported
    School website, Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician at Southeast KY Community and Technical College
    More details about Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician at Southeast KY Community and Technical College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    42%
    Earned in a quarter
    $3,879
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    Not reported
    Students counted
    56
    a year, estimated
    $15,500
    price
    Not reported

  • Diesel technology (associate degree)In personNo diploma needed

    Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician

    Maysville CTC

    Maysville

    No diploma needed

    Maysville CTC, Maysville · Diesel technology (associate degree) · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimated$25,000
    Price if you pay yourselfNot reported
    Program website, Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician at Maysville CTC
    More details about Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician at Maysville CTC
    Finished
    100%
    Working at 6 months
    88%
    Earned in a quarter
    $6,240
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    Not reported
    Students counted
    15
    a year, estimated
    $25,000
    price
    Not reported

  • Diesel technician certificate or diplomaIn personNo diploma needed

    Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician

    Elizabethtown Community and Technical College

    Elizabethtown

    No diploma needed

    Elizabethtown Community and Technical College, Elizabethtown · Diesel technician certificate or diploma · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourselfNot reported
    Program website, Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College
    More details about Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    Not reported
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    Not reported

  • Diesel technician certificate or diplomaIn personNo diploma needed

    Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician

    Ashland Community and Technical College

    Ashland

    No diploma needed

    Ashland Community and Technical College, Ashland · Diesel technician certificate or diploma · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourselfNot reported
    Program website, Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician at Ashland Community and Technical College
    More details about Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician at Ashland Community and Technical College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    Not reported
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    Not reported

  • Diesel technician certificate or diplomaIn personNo diploma needed

    Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician

    Hazard Community and Technical College

    Hazard

    No diploma needed

    Hazard Community and Technical College, Hazard · Diesel technician certificate or diploma · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourselfNot reported
    Program website, Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician at Hazard Community and Technical College
    More details about Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician at Hazard Community and Technical College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    Not reported
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    Not reported

  • Diesel technology (associate degree)In personNo diploma needed

    Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician

    Somerset Community College

    London

    No diploma needed

    Somerset Community College, London · Diesel technology (associate degree) · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourselfNot reported
    School website, Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician at Somerset Community College
    More details about Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician at Somerset Community College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    Not reported
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    Not reported

  • Diesel technician certificate or diplomaIn personNo diploma needed

    Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician

    West Kentucky Community and Technical College

    Hickory

    No diploma needed

    West Kentucky Community and Technical College, Hickory · Diesel technician certificate or diploma · In person · No diploma needed

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourselfNot reported
    School website, Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician at West Kentucky Community and Technical College
    More details about Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician at West Kentucky Community and Technical College
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    Not reported
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    Not reported

How to pay for diesel mechanic training in Kentucky

WIOA funding can pay for diesel mechanic training in Kentucky

Every program on this page is approved for WIOA funding: public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. It can pay for training for eligible adults, people who lost their job and young people.2People on public assistance, with a low income or lacking basic skills come first, and veterans have priority.3Your state or local area may limit how much WIOA pays and for how long. If a program costs more, a Pell Grant, a scholarship or severance pay can cover the rest.4

Ask at an American Job Center

Eligibility rules apply, and services vary from state to state. Your local American Job Center can tell you whether you qualify. The Department of Labor's page links to the center finder, or call 1-877-US-2JOBS (1-877-872-5627).5

Financial aid and grants for diesel mechanic training

Most students can get federal student aid for college, career school or trade school. A Federal Pell Grant, unlike a loan, usually doesn't have to be repaid. Ask the school whether its program qualifies.67

GI Bill for diesel mechanic training

Veterans, service members and qualified dependents can use GI Bill benefits for non-college training programs.8

The program list does not show which programs accept these. Ask the school.

Does WIOA pay for job training? Who qualifies and how to apply

Where the Kentucky diesel mechanic program numbers come from

Which Kentucky diesel mechanic programs are on this list?

These are the diesel mechanic programs Kentucky approved for WIOA funding (public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), as reported to the US Department of Labor for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Each state keeps its approved programs on an eligible training provider list (ETPL).9 The list here covers programs approved as of June 30, 2025. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what Kentucky offers.

How Kentucky diesel mechanic program prices are reported

The price is tuition and required fees for someone paying without workforce funding, as the school reported it. "Trained with WIOA funding" on a program counts the people whose training there WIOA paid toward through a training account in program year 2024; the file never gives counts under 3, so a program without the line may still take WIOA students. It does not say how much of the price WIOA covered. Prices under $100 are treated as not reported, because the file holds many blanks entered as $0. Check the current price with the school.

What the graduate results of these programs measure

The figures at the top of this page are the middle program among those that report results: half did better, half did worse. Results describe students who left each program in recent years: the share who finished, the share working in the second quarter after leaving, and the middle earnings of those working in that quarter. States report earnings for that one quarter because they take them from the wage reports employers file every three months. The yearly figure here is that quarter times four, rounded to the nearest $100: an estimate, and an early one, since it is measured about half a year after training. The quarter as reported is under "More details" on each program. Results are withheld for small programs, and they describe past students, so they are no guarantee.

Why do some diesel mechanic programs say "Not reported"?

Where a school or the state left a field empty, or the Department of Labor withheld it, the page says "Not reported". Nothing here is estimated to fill a gap.

Why the kind of school is left off each program

The file also records whether a school is public, private or nonprofit, but those entries are wrong too often to print next to a school's name, so this page leaves them out.

Other training in Kentucky

Sources for the facts about diesel mechanic training in Kentucky

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  1. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Diesel Service Technicians and Mechanics
  2. US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: About This Site
  3. US Department of Labor: WIOA Adult Program
  4. Code of Federal Regulations, title 20, part 680, sections 680.220 and 680.310: career services before training, and limits on Individual Training Accounts (GovInfo, 2024 edition)
  5. US Department of Labor: American Job Centers
  6. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Eligibility for Federal Student Aid
  7. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Don't Miss Out on Federal Pell Grants
  8. US Department of Veterans Affairs: GI Bill benefits for non-college degree programs
  9. US Department of Labor, Training and Employment Guidance Letter 8-19, Attachment I: Requirements for Training Providers, Program Eligibility, and the State Eligible Training Provider (ETP) List