Considering the place of road transport in the country's economy and the relevance of the tasks of maintaining its performance, graduates of the department are in demand by specialized enterprises and occupy positions from highly qualified diagnosticians of electronic systems and service engineers to directors of service stations and from specialists and heads of departments to chief engineers and specialists in technological design at automobile enterprises.

To ensure a high level of training of graduates the SPbGASU training base "Krasnoe Selo" established an examination center for conducting professional exams for the independent assessment of qualifications as part of the Center for Assessment of Qualifications of the Union "Avtoprom North-West". As part of the state final certification, graduates are given the opportunity to undergo an independent assessment of qualifications for compliance with the requirements of specialized professional standards, which they successfully use (for example, confirming the qualification of “Master of the repair area for maintenance, repair of motor vehicles and their components”).

The teachers of the department take an active part in the programs of additional education and advanced training of road transport workers, they are experts on the quality of repairs, changes in the design of vehicles, the quality of operational materials.

Besides, there is also the Young Road Users School providing schoolchildren who are not indifferent to the automotive subject with the opportunity of discovering new knowledge in this area.

The doors of the department are always open to graduates of schools, technical schools and colleges, universities, industry specialists and just car owners - everyone who is already connected or just wants to connect their profession with the world of modern automotive technology.