How to Become a Caterpillar Equipment Technician 

When I started my career I watched this and thought equipment was too complicated to work on. After 3 years graduating diesel tech school and completing an apprenticeship at another dealership I start at NC Machinery next week.

anybody else notice the civic trying to pull off on its own 😆

Hi Christian. I also did my apprenticeship through a Caterpillar dealer and continued to work for them for 7 years. I decided to start working abroad and the things I'v done in the past 5 years have just been awesome. I'm currently a ROV technician offshore. Without the excellent training from the Cat dealer and high standard required to be "specialist" heavy duty diesel tech, I would have never made it. I freakin love my job and all the doors it has opened for me. Keep the content coming👨‍🔧

Let give this man the respect and appreciation he deserves. He just released two videos in one day. 🙌

I started as a shop rat cleaning floors and parts washing, and then I was a lube tech, then PDI while I went to UTI. Now I’m graduating school this month and starting as a shop service technician for Caterpillar at $30+/hr.

7:14 bro your car is rolling away 🤣

I'm a heavy equipment operator myself, I make a round 80k a year. I wish like hell I could step into mechanical instead it would be so much more satisfying

I got a position at a heavy equipment rental house years ago and our boss taught us Cat 😺 diagnostics standards and it's given me alot of great opportunity. Caterpillar is the top standard you can't go wrong learning it. This guy is right on thanks. Yes

I started out at the hitachi dealership was there for 10 years and now am in the mining industry. Have been a mechanic for 16 years

To become a technician is the best Carrier I have ever loved to choose in My life. I have passion for this job.

Your car was rolling. Glad you caught it. I appreciate what you said about people wanting a paycheck before they've proved their worth. That's true in every field. Being willing to put your head down and work your way through the ranks will take you a long way.

On the path to becoming a heavy diesel equipment mechanic, hopefully working for Caterpillar one day… this helped a lot. 🤟🏻

I had no idea luke combs was a mechanic

that speech help me alot ..i cant thanks u enough thanks for the video u should talk more about this job

damn straight. You my good sir along with my instructors at my tech school are all telling me the same thing but you specifically hit the nail on the head of what I need to do. Go up to my local dealer (Blanchard CAT) and tell them my situation in a professional and honest manner, and thats what I want to do because I want to be a Cat dealer tech. I’m about to have my 1st year certificate in Diesel Tech and will start 2nd year this fall and I wanna start with Caterpillar because they are the most professional Equipment OEM to go to and I hear nothing but good from the people who work for CAT dealers, and the career opportunities are endless. This is where I want to go. Thankyou so much for your hardcore honest encouragement of how to get in this industry specifically CAT. I want to be make my way up and be the best tech I can be.

Was a unlicensed controls electrician and plumber, got tired of traveling and now am a diesel tech at united rentals, only had experience working on cars for myself, friends and family. This video covers everything really. Was going to work my way to diesel tech through washing and loading equipment but i was lucky enough my service manager saw potential in me.

Lol let’s talk diesel while doing an oil change on a civic lol great info though bro

Some very good information in this video if you’re considering this field this is what you need to know! As this man said an individuals hustle, attention to detail, and ability to accept responsibility will take you a long way in this industry. Also in this industry what you do today, you will pay for in the future, whether it be your body or the quality of work you do

Thank you for This great info!

Thank you for making the video.

appreciate your sharing!

Thank you very much for this Video

7:12 your cars movin buddy 😂

Thanks for sharing 👍

Great video, thank you

Dear Christian beyer, this video really gave me a two thumbs up. I willing to walk to a cat dealership and ask about a job apportunity. I'm really interested in working my way up.... thanks Christian beyer....

As an 18 year old from uk thats been in this industry for 2 years now, I really respect this video and the fact that you understand how important it is to fit in and get along with the people you work with and how the little details you do matters. So big thankyou for this video and really motivates me to keep on in the trade. Some great points about the general population saying that these trades are looked down on thinking that it's easy, especially in the UK we have lads older than me that come in with wrong attitude thinking it's easy that have come out with a qual from college and don't last a month. Glad to see an informative video just saying it how it is.

Same thing in trucking. We where per hr now it's preload. So u eat it if u break done. The $20 buck breakdown pay. Doesn't come close to covering miles driven. If ur lucky to get breakdown pay.. also some places r great pay great benefits. Jb hunt, Pepsi, big gravel train places, concrete places. The rest meh pay

Coming up on 3 years in a class 8 truck shop. Started as a nobody, work ethic is everything.

Good morning I am a diesel machanic in my country NIGERIA, i have up to 5 years experience on Mack trucks and i really want to improve and further my machanic career in a stable and standard country

Great information, Christian. If UTI charges that much money per year, it would be best to avoid them. It would take way too long to pay off that debt, no matter how good of a technician a person is. Getting a part time job, hopefully while in high school, would be a wonderful way to get started.

I love having a technician shortage, I know that may seem bad but I called my local Vermeer all roads dealership and spoke with the service manager and he said he was having a hard time finding technicians so he was willing to take in any experience levels. I know start on the 12th of September 2022.

I’m just finishing up my first semester with think big and it is a great program

man! I feel like my brother is giving me advice

good vid

I am going to UTI in Arizona and it's 40,900 for the whole diesel not including housing and other expense so in the end, I am gonna be in around 55,000 but that's just a guess

In Virginia, they offer an apprenticeship program (which I’m in) and its 15 months long. You should have one class a month, and by the end of it , techs average $24 an hour and have their journeyman’s card for diesel mechanic work as a certified diesel mechanic. I didn’t want to go to school, so after about a year and a half out of high school, I bit the bullet and applied. I’ve already gotten offers to go to different departments and the benefits package and retirement plan is honestly next to none in my opinion. Def something to look into if you’re interested in this field.

Yes what you say about going to a dealership and saying I want a job and you get hired. Yes you can get out on shitty jobs, some good ones. I know from experience, that’s what I did at a Deere dealership.

Christian I have a interview at my local cat dealership for a diesel mechanic apprentice position.. I understand I will be taking a Bennett's mechanical comprehension test. Is there any advice you can give me for the interview process and possibly a suggestion on what avenue I should take to study for this test? Also want to thank you because with this vid you lit a fire under my ass to go into my local dealership with my resume and shake the hiring managers hand and introduce myself.

Ima journeyman millwright looking to switch over put an app the operator local and got put a couple apps in with a few different company’s but if I don’t get a call soon ima walk into my local jd and kubota dealers and start asking

I am 14 and want to be a heavy equip mechanic and then want to learn fabrication so I can fix and make things for my machines

Any advice for someone whose been in the trade for almost 2 years who feels like he’s behind and doesn’t know as much as he feels he should.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Please remember to share the links.

I have less than 2 months experience without any prior experience or education. I'm working as a laborer/hd tech in training. I get pressed for not being efficient enough. I make $18 hr and try my hardest to pick up on things faster but I'm starting to get a sense that it takes years to improve. I did some services and was told it should take a 1/4 of the time to do correctly. I get that I'm slow but I wasn't lying about zero experience when I started. Most of my time is eaten up trying to figure something out when it would be more efficient/effective to have me shadow someone for a few months. I really wish I had legitimate training under my belt. I could be way better for the company.

maybe with another year of experience you'll learn how to block against motion.... because.... your cars rolling away ... by itself. 7:12

I did everything you said at Wagner Caterpillar in Aurora Colorado an it didn't go well. I tried to talk to a manger an was referred to hr women they didn't know anything I was very qualified there so unprofessional but I will never give up

How does 3 years of heavy equipment transmission work look

We had an apprentice program at our dealer that was way better than Think Big. Most of the Think Big guys I've talked to said they should of just done the apprentice program or worked their way up taking advantage of the training dept at the dealership. This feedback is somewhat influenced by the poor location of the Think Big campus. I know at least one guy who has been at the dealership 10 yrs and only recently paid off his schooling...which I think was Nashville Auto Diesel. He could have easily worked his way up the old way and been at the same level. I guess it depends a lot on whether or not your local dealer has a legit training dept or enthusiastic mentors.

Ok so i am 36 have a family 4 kids i work in a transmission shop i love my job like my boss and the coworkers well on they are old school and i like that i have my own tools 🔧 and always buy more as i beed but the thing is i dont see a lot more in growth as far as pay in my job i make ok money but not really for where i live i am getting priced out of it and i dont see my pay being reflected so i am thinking about getting into heavy equipment i dont know much on that end but do learn fast and hands on i am not above sweeping the floor but i would like to be doing small repairs services and shit like that to start i have auto experience so i dont feel like i am a newbie but yeah is school the way to go i am not against it i would use the tool discount to buy more tools lol and i am not the best at diag and electrical stuff so i feel like i could benefit from that but sorry for the book if you read this what would you recommend to look into if you even can recommend i would also like to move so relocation is not out of the option for me

Was I the only one ☝️ who noticed the car moving while he was talking!?!?

I was curious lately and I found an apprenticeship at a cat dealer near me and Im thinking about applying for the job

I’m working at an Audi dealer rn, been in automotive for around 5 years, looking into getting into the diesel world. What advice would you have for someone like me who wants to go from automotive to diesel? Thanks, just subscribed to you btw!

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Did eny one see his car going forward

Can you make a video about the programs or the opportunities for the inmigrants that want to be on this filed?

Awesome video. I cant find the links. Thanks

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Could you join an internship at a Caterpillar dealership even if you don’t have experience?

@7:11 I thought my eyes where playing tricks on me.

How old is that shop looks clean.

I'm a car mechanic and thinking about going to this sort of field in UK. I don't really enjoy fixing stuff anymore. What should I do?!

Are you guys hourly or flat rate ?

What sort of stress does it put on a human body?