Finding enough qualified and trained service technicians is getting tougher demand is expected to grow as economy surges and automotive industry is already feeling a pinch.
Problem is a lot of people have been focused on four-year colleges and dont want to take on whats considered blue-collar type work, says Mike Romano, president of Universal Technical Institute campus in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Diagnostic equipment has gotten more advanced, and vehicles themselves becoming more computer like. Todays technicians need to have high skill set in mathematics, engineering, and technology.
Then theres the perspective of a service technician one new hire working at a BMW dealership in Las Vegas says that on a slow day, he and the other service techs turn out 100 cars a day and thats a slow day. Theyre getting slammed with work right now.
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