Watch this BEFORE you enroll at an auto/diesel school! 

Amen brother unfortunately theres way to many people out here who see it the other way around.

Amen

You must have knowledge, to know what to do .

It's really like any other trade you got to crawl before you walk and walk before you run TBH

Stay away from my vehicle

Oh yeah, a lot of fake it tell you make techs out there

Alot of duck tape, zip ties and rubber bands in this field

There's a similar phenomenon among Software Engineers and other White Collar guys.

See Pareto Principle, exists in everything

yeah right

That's pretty much how I started at a used truck center but it was the largest used truck center on the east coast not only trucks but a lot have heavey construction equipment I have never had a job I like more than turning wrenches.

That's reality. Effort is key and showing up everyday gets it done

Hell yeah, he does

Are career centers worth it ?

That's how I did it.

yup should pay 50 and hour your 4trades in 1

Facts they don't want to pay at all. This work is hard asf as far as what it does to the body

You should start your own business and start paying people. You will find out very quickly that higher pay doesn't equal higher quality work at the end of the day. If you are seeing $20 per hour then your employer is paying another $12-$15 per hour on top of your check to the government and insurance company. If you are getting benefits thru the union he may be paying another $12-$15 to the union also. It cost a lot of money to have employees and the more you pay the higher all of the other cost are because they go by percentages of hourly pay. I would really just like to pay some of my good guys $68.62 per hour and not pay the union, insurance company and taxman but it dont work that way. If you really want more money from your employer then I would suggest to work as a sub contractor. Then you can decide if you want to pay the union, taxman or the insurance company. The union is your choice. If you want the benefits then you will have to pay them. The tax man can be tricky. You can write off lot of things you normally cant as an employee but will still owe them something. The insurance company allows a basic policy in which you can exclude yourself from and pay very little but if you get hurt on the job then you are stuck paying your own doctors bills. I would imagine your employer would pay you more as a sub than an employee because now he is not responsible for the labor burden.

@@occif2023 I make my company $1000/day, minimum, and I can do that in 8 hours or less a lot of days. I make $20 but I am worth more than that because I have skills the other techs don't who make more than me. I use those skills on the job. The problem is the companies don't pay the people who are worth their own weight. And don't assume, I have been in business for myself where I paid more than most would dream. I know high pay doesn't equal results. People who are knowledgeable and skilled should be making more than $20/hr. That's hardly a sustainable wage. You want to keep paying your guys $8/hr that's fine. Good luck.

OK

that’s the way to go brotha

You can do it. Worked on diesel gensets for 4 yrs in the Marines. Got out, went to school and did the office world for 5 years with my degree. Hated every second of it. Now I’m back to working on Diesel engines and gensets and make considerably more than I did w my degree. I believe in you!

How much did your local community College charge you for diesel mechanic?

You must have knowledge, to know what to do

If you go the route of learning on your own through work experience, as he says, you need to be willing to take the time to take in everything at work and take in as much as you can outside of work, ie, studying text books and learning things like electrical, hydraulics and drive trains.

I have a degree in electronics engineering and I'd make as much driving pizzas. I agree with him screw the school if you go make sure there's a guarantee for good jobs in your field. My school opened my mind so I am able to do more stuff now but I'm still not making money with it.

Ashroyer86 I know of an electronics engineer that helped designed missiles for the DOD

Yeah i did uti but didn't pay 30k and i highly suggest don't go that route!community college is the way to go.uti is rushed through and not good teaching

@@Sparaco487 community colleges dont have 10 semis or as much equipment as UTI or 1/10 the MSATS UTI has so its really up to you what you want to do im enrolled in UTI avondale and so far its been really great ive learned alot in the past 2 months

yes sir me too i hope you succeed

How's it going so far?

Hey man how’s that coming along? I’m planning on joining the guard as a mechanic and pursuing that career.

Yooo I’m planning joining the air guard to be a vehicle mechanic. I’ve been doing a lot of my own research. I would like to hear from you. How’s are your doing good sir?

What school did you go and where ?

Honestly everybody who is interested. Never too late!

Right on 👍🤝

Thanks Henry!

Problem is, since they pay students to go, the classes are full of misbehaving young adults with no interest in the class, and are only interested when their midterm check comes in. The teacher can't kick out the bad apples ruining it for others, as the institution gets a check for each student there. So the school is getting a check. The teacher is getting a check. And the students are getting a check. And nobody is teaching and nobody is learning. If you think I'm lying, ask any mechanic shop nearby if a federally funded community college certificate means diddly squat in regards to skills. Top graduating student behind me was asked to check oil right before she graduated. She pulled out the dipstick, unscrewed the oil fill cap, dipped the dipstick into the oil fill hole, and pulled out the dipstick and stared at it for awhile before admitting she had no idea what she was looking at or for. That was the top grant student. That's what happens when you give education away for free. It's not valued.

I've just completed a full year in the shop**

@@m.g.7900 Had you gone to school you would have started at 15 to 18 bucks and hr depending on where you live and by now making 21 per hour or over. My nephew is 5 years in and makes 29 and hr here in Ohio. You need to relocate.

@@kennethg5460 facts

I've been in the industry for 4 years now, if there's any way I can help or any questions you have feel free to message me!!

@@ethankelley1887 is there anyway I can message you ? Twitter ? Perhaps . I actually do have a scenario that needs solving

@@ashleyplease7479 of course! message me on Instagram @epmofficial1

@@ashleyplease7479 how’s it going? I start diesel mechanic in august .

Hey, I’m about to graduate high school, and I’m on the fence of either going to hcc for the diesel program or the tstc diesel program. Houston is closer to me, how was the program itself? I plan on getting a associates degree, how much was tuition? What about job offerings while your in the program?

@@TeamPxL I completed the automotive program and started the diesel program before finding out I didn’t have financial aid so I had to withdraw. But the time I was there it was really good and fun. Very hands on. Cheap tuition. I highly suggest it. Professors are cool as well

Where ?

I’m driver too and now I want to work on these engines

How's your course going?

Who told you that ?😶

Math and writing? Those are the 2 I’ve mostly heard people had to take

What trade school did you got your dot certified

@@french2french527 road masters drivers school in Orlando Florida. It was a school for semi truck drivers but for awhile they were doing a diesle service mechanics course I don't beleave they teach it there anymore.

@@tomh6477 cool. I'm a truck driver i kno basic stuff but I wanna learn how to rebuild the engine Any tips.. also thanks for replying

@@french2french527 The best advice I can give you is to try and get a hold of a good tech manual like Chilton. When I first started fresh out of D.O.T. school I went to work at Deland used truck center knowing little but what I learned in school . I had exsperiance on cars gas engines and automatic and standerd transmissions but not much hands on exsperiance on diesel engines but my boss had hundreds of tech manuals and all kinds of semi trucks that needed anything from engine rebuilds to clutches and transmissions . That's were I learned most of what I know about semi trucks and diesel engines anything hydraulic or electronic I learned in high school and while serving seven years in the military. There's no way better to learn than hands on exsperiance and I got a lot of that in total 40 years worth . I have done extensive work on heavey construction equipment bob cats all kinds of things. The best advice I can give you is to first have confidence in your self and your abilities don't let a big job over whelm you you can do anything you set your mind to doing.

@@french2french527 maybe we can talk on the phone sometime I could better explain how I learned most of what I know . I learned basics from school but more of what I know I learned on my own.