Auto Repair Careers

Grumpyoldman said

My grandson is currently in the Ford Assest Program in Virginia on a Fords scholarship. He graduates next July and is currently number 1 in his class. When not in class he works at a Ford dealership in Richmond, has his own stall, but still has a mentor should he have a problem he needs assistance with. He's currently making $20 an hour and will get z large raise upon graduation.
This is his chosen career and he seems to be thriving ate it.

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i wills ay this, after dont the Auto repair business for 20 years, i dont regret it. i retired from it at 40, but I started during High School days really working at full service stations when they were still around. I still maintain my own vehicles as well as do the mopar thing. if the young guy is into it i wouldnt tell him otherwise. I wills ay though once the learning curve is done and you are a master, its not that it gets boring,but your salary maxes out, couple that with being flat rate nad a bad economy, the customers can be tough also. In the end if he starts his own business thats where hell make out to full ptoential IMO. Ford dealers are privately owned but corporate, it used to be that they treated people as disposable, this was back when the "auto trade" school were pumping people out . Not many kids going to school for it now im thinking.