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What does it take to be a skilled and effective auto mechanic who gets paid adequately in the
21st century?
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Elman Temaj
Senior Capstone
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Peter Foote
Elman Temaj
Mr.Foote
Senior Capstone
Research Essay
Automobiles have changed a lot in the past five decades. The skills and training needed
has also changed with it. Some mechanics didn't understand the difference between working in a
shop and working in a dealership with a good wage. The answer is this, in a shop people deal
with different cars and their problems and in a dealer is in one specific company. Like for
example chevy, they have there own mechanics to work on just chevy cars and ford has there
own people working on just ford. In a regular auto mechanic shop they work on different types
of cars so its easier to find a shop for someone to fix your car but with experience (skills) too, it
can help get better wages. In this career it is fun to understand other cars and it helps people
become a better auto mechanic. These are some ways it could help to become a successful
auto mechanic, understanding the economically side of the job, being well educated, gain
tons of experiences
Working in a shop the salary would be higher than working in a dealer and plus when
exploring and figuring out other vehicles with the same problem but, different ways to fix it.
Some are easy and some are a little complicated to fix. For example with alternators on regular,
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basic cars are easy to come off, with the tools necessary, but in other cars like the most specific
one in this case nissan. Its complicated and it takes a while to remove it and replacing it with a
new alternator and it takes like about two hours when in other cars it takes less than an hour just
to replace it. In a dealer they work in one specific company like ford, dodge, toyota, honda,
lincoln, etc. So it's pretty much easier and in this case people who want to work in a dealer as a
mechanic, they learn fast with time because of working with the same car company and mostly
know everything with with the car and when they pretty much have the same parts on all year
cars from one company. According to an interview from Jason Klinger who works in a dealer
company at Borgman Ford Mazda center and has been working their for more than 10 years.
If people decide to start their own shop or decide to work in a shop, the other questions that was
asked a lot was, what is the most frustrating part with dealing with customers when charging
them for fixing the problem? People don't like spending too much in their car especially when
the problem was fixed and it took less than an hour and it's more than twenty dollars. According
to an interview with Antonio Temaj, he said When they ask for the part that was wrong and
what they did to fix it but yet they don't understand but they ask . So he is talking about how
customers ask for questions if its true. If that was the problem because of trust issues and when
they don't know what that does and it makes them waste time because of explaining it.
So the education needed to become a auto mechanic is, it takes two years of training to
become an auto mechanic. Most shops require auto mechanics to complete training or schooling
past high school. Every auto mechanic check and repair trucks and automobiles (Education
Career Articles, 2013). For this reason, auto mechanics should enroll into training programs that
covers a wide range of coursework and it may help them to become better than what they were
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back then from just a regular auto mechanic. If they get all the education that's needed, it could
also help them get better and faster from those two years of hard studying. The education could
also help if some people decide to own a shop. They will need a mechanics license in order to
have a shop on their name and have employees working for them as a regular job.
The skills of an auto mechanic are all different. Some mechanics develop skills to work
on the engine and some develope skills on moving parts. Some examples of moving parts are
brakes, shocks and wheels. In the automotive repair industry learning skills through learning by
example is important. When new mechanics come in and they often need help when they start
working for the first time. Sometimes they get nervous and mess up, but then when they ask for
help, and they observe other experienced mechanics, they can learn more skills. According to the
website of Wyoming Technical Institute, The days of the uneducated grease monkeys are over.
Computers are integrated with autos, and the skills set means being able to use new technology
In this people start to develope skills and be more faster with replacing parts from a car. Some
pros are when knowing what to do when fixing a car and a con is when dealing with customers
In conclusion, this research project helped to better understand about how to pursue the
life goal of becoming an auto mechanic. People could start working on cars by replacing broken
parts with a new ones. For example, knowing how to fix parts like the brakes, the springs, and
the shocks. People also can do basic maintenance like change the oil or tires. However people
could learning, this project helped to understand what it takes to become a real auto mechanic.
Lastly, if a person wants to become a mechanic, they need to understand the cost advantage for
Work Cited
"5 Skills Every Auto Mechanic Should Have." Wyotech. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Dec. 2007.
"Dealer vs. mechanic showdown: who should work on your car?" Popular Mechanics, Feb. 2017, p.
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