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Diesel Mechanic Shortage * USA - Looms When Boomer Technicians Retire
A good portion of diesel mechanics today are baby boomers, and with the boomers reaching retirement age between 2010 and 2030, industry experts are predicting that a severe diesel mechanic shortage is on the horizon
Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics, by Mindy Long -22 Sept 2009: ... In 2004, the Department of Labor estimated there were 606,000 diesel technicians, figures that include bus, truck, heavy-duty and farm equipment mechanics. The department estimated that mechanic shops would need 205,000 more diesel technicians by 2014 to fill new positions that will be created and to replace positions that will open up when workers change fields or retire... Tony Molla, vice president of communications for the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence, Leesburg, Va., said he doesn’t see the necessary numbers of technicians completing vocational education programs to meet the need... George Arrants, business development manager at Cengage Learning Inc., Florence, Ky., said many technician graduates also leave the industry. “They wash out or decide to take another trade,” he said... Graduates who continue in the trade after training still need three to five years of experience to become master technicians.. The basic laws of supply and demand will rule when the predicted shortage hits, Arrants said...Labels: mechanics
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