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Learn about the steps to becoming an auto mechanic, the skills involved, job opportunities, and more about the profession. Find out how much auto mechanics earn and the different areas of specialization available.
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By: Adam Bilyea Auto Mechanic
What is a auto mechanic? An auto mechanic is someone that fixes your vehicle when it breaks or if you get into a crash. Or it could just be putting new tires on you vehicle.
How am I going to get there? • Need too pass high school • Take a 2 year CACC class • Get a lot of hands on experience
what I would learn at CACC • I would specialize in computer diagnostic skills • Quick service • General auto service • Alignment and suspension • Brakes • Electrical systems • And way more
What jobs would it would open • I could work at Auto Zone, Car Quest, and so on • Also I could work a automotive repair place. Like Parson’s service in Mason.
Different auto mechanics • There is auto technology which were you fix like motors and electrical system • Also they have body work and painters • Then there’s people that just specialize in changing oil or just putting tires on. • There is collision repair that specializes in car crashes only
More About CACC • They also have a class were you actually make a drag car and race is down the quarter mile track at local events. • Sometimes your instructors jet you bring in your vehicle in and work on it on fridays.
How much Auto mechanic pays • In a year about $36,000 • You don’t get payed a by the hour, you get paid by flat rate. Which means that you get paid on how long it takes to do a certain job or how hard it is to rebuild it.
What I want to specialize in • I want to specialize in… • Brakes • Suspension and shocks • Quick service • Automotive welding