Hawaii's mechanic shortage could drag on
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- čas přidán 29. 03. 2022
- Now, there's a nationwide shortage of mechanics, with demand doubling in 2021 to 258,000 according to TechForce Foundation. As more mechanics age and retire, you might have more wait times to get your vehicle serviced.
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Automotive techs have to have way more tools compared to other trades and they have to buy the tools themselves.
I got a container full of tools hoping to pass on to my 15 year old. Apparently the genius decided he’s gonna be a Rapper.
Sometimes the shop doesn’t pay well..sometimes the guy that didn’t go school that just learned at home from your uncle fixing cars on side can be better then the guy that when to school..got give everyone a chance..
I think part of the problem is that the guys my age (early20s) will take these classes only for their own benefits. Once they finnish they usually get a reg. 9-5 job like construction and then use the skills they learned at HCC to fix their cars during their free time. I've had a lot of friends and classmates that have told me similar plans.
cost of equipment, etc, is very high also! pay is low, pressure is high!
Can't live in Hawaii on $65,000 a year and have a family.
Big mistake when they removed autoshop class from public high schools🤙
I call bs. I don’t live in Hawaii anymore but im not dumb. No one gonna pay 60-70 a year there. People saying more technology making harder is an excuse. I clock in and do this every day. I been in the field for 14 years and counting. They called it years ago that it’s a dying field cause no one paying techs to want to learn. Techs gotta pay for their own tools cause we don’t get a tool allowance. My son tells me all the time that he wants to be like me and work on cars and i tell him no. It’s not worth it. Pay us 100k+ a year then maybe you’ll get some applicants
it’s because of the greedy car companies tryna stop your “right to repair”
Calling all automotive mechanics....please help hawaiis industry!!! Tip your mechanics!!!
There would be more mechanics if they made cars easier to fix, demand the right to repair!
They keep raising the labor rate and cutting the flat rate time allowance, that's MORE money for the shop and LESS money for the mechanic! Mechanics have to supply there own tools and you need more tools to fix the late model cars and tools you need cost more now. Another issue that I want to add is that mechanics receive the worst fringe benefits, i.e., health, eye, dental, sick, life, disability, retirement, vacation and holyday pay. Dave...
That’s a lie mechanic no make $60k more like a union construction guy making that kind money
My 1987 Isuzu pickup I can do a spark plug change in less than 1/2 hr now my 2019 Nissan frontier it takes me 3hrs to replace plugs and wires 👎
There is definitely a shortage!
A lot of the young kids today, dont even want to learn how to drive. Why would they want to learn how to fix cars? Sad
All ase certs school and atsg atra certification: half the shop rate @ 200$$ an hour: MANDATORY!!!!!
I was an car mechanic myself but I'm fed up with this stuff especially when the company I should work for don't have good tools but in Germany no employee is buying their own tools. The company can get the taxes back from buying new stuff and /or lower the amount of profit which has to be taxed.
Industry analysts: bleak.
They need to pay 40-50 per hour