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Show tive Service," is another addition addi-tion to Rosen Press' Aim High vocational series. It should answer an-swer virtually all questions about the field to those interested inter-ested in a potentially rewarding reward-ing job. From Grease Monkey to Technician Book Reviewer Cites Growth Of Auto Service Man's Status On-the-job education often involves advanced courses at training schools, paid for by the companies. All major auto makers have such training schools. Independent organizations organi-zations like the Independent Garage Owners Association (IGOA) also have training facilities fa-cilities with individual garages, gar-ages, often paying tuition for trainees. In addition, individual firms who make specialized automotive automo-tive components offer training courses in their specialties. These courses are free of charge. "Aim For A Job In Automo- AIM FOR A JOB IN AUTOMOTIVE AUTOMO-TIVE SERVICE, by Dawson Taylor Tay-lor and James Bradley; Richard Rosen Press, Inc. 138 pp. The days have passed when the automobile mechanic was called a grease monkey and ranged low on the occupation- al ladder. Today, with the automobile au-tomobile being an increasingly complex machine, tremendous skills and thorough training are required. For the man servicing your modern car, the term technician is more appropriate ap-propriate than mechanic. One indication of how the auto service man's stature has risen is the advent of this volume vol-ume by Dawson Taylor and James Bradley. Taylor is an auto dealer as well as a writer. Bradley is the Director of the Automotive History Collection at the Detroit Public Library. So it is with authority that the authors approach their subject. sub-ject. In describing auto service careers, the authors point out that there are 33,000 fran- "Service technicians' wages compare favorably with those of other skilled trades and should continue to do so in the future." In a survey taken by the authors, wages of $200 or $250 or more were offered in newspaper news-paper ads. Some technicians interviewed were earning around $15,000 a year. A technician's job is a stepping step-ping stone to business ownership. owner-ship. "Many a successful dealer deal-er or independent businessman business-man can trace his start back to experience as an automotive automo-tive service technician," they state. With une great demand lor qualified technicians, more firms are offering technical training, often at no cost to the trainee. Many high schools offer automotive au-tomotive shop training and some schools devote entire curricula in automotive technology. tech-nology. Qualified graduates of these courses usually receive several offers each from repair facilities. chised car dealers, 72,000 general gen-eral repair outlets and 200,000 gasoline service stations that have technicians on their payroll. pay-roll. One automotive firm estimates es-timates that it will need 29,000 technicians this year to replace re-place normal personnel losses at its dealerships alone. As for earning potential, |
