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From Grease Monkey to Technician
Book Reviewer Cites Growth
Of Auto Service Man's Status
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'A;
AIM FOR A JOB.IN AUTOMO-
TIVE SERVICE, by Dawson 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. Toda y, with the 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 ap-
propriate than mechanic.
Ohe indication of how the.
auto service man's stature has
risen is the advent of this vol-
ume by Dawson Taylor and
James Bradley. Talrlor is an l
auto dealer as well as a writer.
Bradley is the ,Director of the
'Automotive History Collection
at the DetroiVPublic Library.
So it is with authority that the
authors approach their sub-
ject.
In -describing auto service
careers, the authors point out
that there are 33,000 fran-
chised car dealers, 72,000 gen-
eral repair-outlets and 200,000
BOTH
Regular
and
Premium
Formula 5
DETERGENT
GASOLINES
,(5,z0;,s Greases
&Gear
Lubricants
In a survey taken by the
authors, wages of $200 or $250
or more were offered in news-
paper ads. Some technicians
interviewed Were earning
around $15,000 a year.
• A technician's job is a step-
ping stone, to business owner-
ship. "Many a successful deal-
er or independent business-
man can trace his start back
to experience as an automo-
tive service technician," they
state.
With the great demand for
qualified technicians, more
firms are offering technical
training, often at , no cOst. to_
thetrainee.
Matiy high schools offer au-
tomotive shop training' and
some schools devote entire
curricula in automotive tech-
nology. Qualified graduates of
these courses usually receive,
several offers each from repair
facilities to 'come to work as
trainees.
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 organi-
zations like the Independent
Garage Owners Association
(IGOA) also have training fa-
cilities with individual gar-
ages, often paying tuition for
trainees.
In addition, individual firms
who make specialized automo-
tive components offer training
courses in their specialties.
These courses are free of
charge.
"Aim For A Job In Automo-
tive Service," is another addi-
tion to Rosen Press' Aim High
vocational series. It should an-
swer virtually all questions
about the field to those inter-
ested in a potentially reward-
ing job.
EVERY PARENT CAN AID
by checking his child's where-
abouts, knowing the identity
of group drivers, and making
strict rules about car use, ex-
perts advise.
gasoline service stations that
have technicians on their pay-
roll. One automotive firm es-:
-timates that it will need 29,000
technicians this year to re-
place normal personnel losses
at its dealerships alone.
As for earning potential,
"Service technicians' wages
compare 'favorably 'with those
of other skilled trades and
should continue to do so in
the future."
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