BBT 10: Careers and Certification in the Automotive Industry Part One of Three

1. High-tech systems not heard of 30 years ago are now standard on a lot of the nation’s vehicles: stability and traction control systems, adaptive cruise control and variable valve timing.

2. Young people should have the skills to work on future cars because newer cars are harder to work on than the older cars.

3. Some advantages are that you can work on your own car when its broke.

4.The U.S. Dept. of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts automotive repair and maintenance industry is expected to add 237,500 new jobs and have a 30 percent growth rate through 2020.

5. One thing that the automotive technician career is fairly "immune" to that has threatened other career is with the outsourcing of jobs picking up steam – first manufacturing jobs, now computer programming, customer call-centre work, and accounting services all going overseas – it should be comforting to know that automotive service and repair is fairly immune to such moves.

6. Here is work in technical areas, training, or in management at the corporate level for national franchises, vehicle manufacturers, and private and municipal fleets.

7.So many people have started their careers in the automotive after market as an auto technician that it is viewed as something of a portal career.


I think I will enjoy the advantage of being a mechanic, because it gives you a challenge.
One thing I found interesting is all the heavy equipment that mechanics use. I would love to have that garage.
This is necessary because you could save a lot of money by working on your car or truck on your own.
One thing is learn how to work on motors.