Tomorrow's Technician

MARCH 28, 2024

Following a career as an automotive technician, he earned a masters in Career and Technical Education from SUNY Buffalo State to launch his teaching career. I grew up around cars and tractors and prefer being a technician to being an engineer,” Baldwin says. “I Baldwin’s background is in Agricultural Engineering.

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Humble Mechanic

JUNE 15, 2018

In the US many automotive technicians get paid on a system called flat rate. This system pays a tech based on the job, not the time it takes that technician to complete. If a job pays 3 hours, a tech gets paid 3 hours. If it takes that tech 2 hours, they win. If it […]

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Tomorrow's Technician

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Alejandra Rivas is a student at Western Technical College and a technician at Love’s Travel Stops in El Paso, Texas. Why Alejandra was nominated: Alejandra nominated herself for the Techs Rock Awards. She writes, “Thank you for… the opportunity to represent the true spirit of a tech that rocks!”

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Auto Mechanic School Edu

MAY 7, 2018

We are likely to see the number of women in this field continuing to grow as auto repair is becoming more of a tech field with smarter cars run on computers. Recently, there are more women trending toward a job in this field than ever before.

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AutoFix

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Boost Pay Dramatically Wage stagnation has directly resulted in the automotive technician shortage. Techs have to invest more than ever in tools and training but don’t have the wages to back it up. Starting techs should make $25 to $35 an hour or $50,000 to $70,000 per year. And your veteran A techs?

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