Automotive is the one of vocational subject which offered in Vocational Schools in Malaysia. It contained the theory and practical task. A teacher plays an important role in providing an engaging teaching and learning environment. In traditional teaching and learning process, teacher normally dominated the classroom instruction while student passively receive the knowledge conveyed by the teacher. The research was carrying out to identify the practices in teaching automotive practical work. A few teachers have been asked to state their preferences of teaching material and method. The main of teaching automotive contains introduction, body and conclusion of their teaching. Observations of four teachers conducted based on Gary (1996) suggestion in how to conduct practical work effectively. Needham Model (1987) was applied in identifying whether teachers use what technique to gain students knowledge in automotive related with the elements proposed by Gary (1996). Checklist during classroom observation was analyzed in this paper. In summary, teachers should have variety method and approach to teach vocational subject because the vocational students have different characteristics compared to others field.