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Forum ยป How do I get work as an auto mechanic?
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Thread: How do I get work as an auto mechanic?

post 1691714253 10-15-2023, 11:08 AM
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How do I get work as an auto mechanic?

I want to work as an auto mechanic how do I start?
post 1691714273 10-15-2023, 11:08 AM
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Go to school
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post 1691714833 10-15-2023, 11:22 AM
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Hell naw you don't want to do that. The pay system, the forward investment into tools, all the BS politics in a shop, toxic work environments. Become and electrician, lineman, even a plumber, better options there.

I say this as a mechanic of 25 years. Manufacture and ASE certified master technician, shop foreman, now I'm a technical support specialist working from home and do so just to get away from the BS. If I were to do it all over again, I would have studied to become a pipefitter or electrician, or honestly just gone to regular college in a STEM field.
post 1691715463 10-15-2023, 11:43 AM
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post 1691715683 10-15-2023, 11:47 AM
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be one of those pole climbercels


you know the guys who do antennas and chit.
post 1691716093 10-15-2023, 11:56 AM
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You find cars and ask to fix them
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post 1691716343 10-15-2023, 12:00 PM
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If you have a decent mechanical aptitude, you can skip trade school and get a job as a lube tech at a dealership and work your way up.
Wort ew in th wold.
post 1691716483 10-15-2023, 12:01 PM
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firm handshake and hard Rs, in my experience srs
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post 1691716493 10-15-2023, 12:01 PM
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post 1691717093 10-15-2023, 12:12 PM
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I remember reading an article recently saying auto shops were having a hard time finding auto mechanics. Boomers are retiring and the younger generation hasn't show as much desire to work on cars.
post 1691717143 10-15-2023, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted By Roldz⏩
Go to school
If you were not brought up around it. School is really your only other option.
"it takes a wise man to know when he is in error and a noble man to admit to it"
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