Automotive Careers Statistics
- Around half of all automotive technicians work a 40-hour work week.
- About 30% of mechanics work more than 40 hours a week.
- There were about 818,000 mechanics in 2002.
- About 16% of automotive service technicians are self-employed.
- It is strongly recommended that students interested in this field go through a formal training program.
- Communications skills, good problem solving ability, and patience are some of the skills need to be a good mechanic.
- Voluntary certification, offered the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence, or ASE, is the standard by which mechanics are judged.
- ASE certification is offered in 8 areas. For each certification, the technician must have 2 years experience in the field, and pass a difficult written test. Completion of a training program can often replace some of the required experience.
- Mechanics must retake the ASE tests every five years to maintain certification.
- There were approximately 220,000 jobs in automotive body repair in 2002. These workers earned an average hourly wage of $15.71.
- About 1 in 10 repairers specializes in glass installation and repair. Workers in this specialty earned, on average, $12.93/hour.
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