This booklet contains national apprenticeship standards for use by Automotive Service Councils in the training of future automotive mechanics, body repairmen, painters, and other specialized professional technicians. It begins with a brief presentation of apprenticeship policy. The major contents are provisions of standards on the following: definitions, local apprenticeship and training committee, consultants to the committee, equal employment opportunity in apprenticeship, qualifications for apprenticeship, credit for previous experience, continuity of employment, apprenticeship agreement, probationary period, responsibilities of apprentices, safety, registration, related instruction, examination, apprentice reports and advancements, instructions to the apprentice, apprentice record system, employer participation, employer responsibility, hours of employment, certificate of completion of apprenticeship, adjustment of differences, modification of local programs, sample selection procedures, and sample work processes (automobile mechanic, automobile body repairer, and automobile painter). Finally, there is a brief presentation of federal laws and regulations affecting the employment of apprentices. The appendix includes forms for apprentice monthly report, applicant rating, apprenticeship application, apprentice daily record, apprentice identification card, and apprenticeship agreement; a list of state and territorial apprenticeship agencies and of the regional offices of the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training; and sample certificates of registration and completion. (EM)