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Apr 25, 2016

INSPIRATIONAL STORY * India: The only woman truck mechanic

* Delhi - Inspirational story of Shanti Devi, 
-- Shanti Devi is believed to be India’s only woman truck mechanic. She says that it feels really weird to see people looking at her surprisingly, especially when she replaces tyres. She also tells that she finds no such job which only men can do or only women can do. She believes in following her heart and not remaining confined to parameters set by others... She told that she feels like a team with her husband, Ram Bahadur. It is easy for her to handle her job as well as household duties, side by side. She says she feels equal comfort in cooking for the family and working on the sewing machine as she feels when she fixes a punctured tyre at our workshop... Shanti Devi shares that initially men would stare at her, wondering what she was doing in a profession that is stereotypically meant for men. But things have changed now. Now many women are joining their husbands’ businesses and becoming a helping hand... Shanti says that she learnt everything about automobiles by observing her husband and other mechanics. Now, she knows a lot about the same. In fact, she is a better mechanic than most men today. Shanti Devi believes that a woman can do any job if she has a passion for it... 
(Image Source: Gulf News: Shanti-Devi) -- Delhi, India - World News Day, by Sonam Rana - 24 April 2016

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Sep 23, 2009

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...

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