With cars becoming increasingly more hi-tech with hybrids, electrics and advanced clean-diesel engines hitting the markets, the automotive industry is transforming. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the demand for auto mechanics is expected to grow 17% by 2020, adding 124,800 jobs. Additionally, in a world of job uncertainty, a recent article in USA Today notes that ?auto repair remains a career largely impervious to being outsourced abroad.?
The challenge facing the automotive industry is how to recruit and tr
ain auto and repair technicians. Currently, many auto dealers are working hard to fight misconceptions about the profession, and get younger people involved in training programs. A major misunderstanding is that there is a lack of technology involved in repairing cars when, in fact, a laptop has become as important in the repair process as a set of socket wrenches.
Rich Orbain, manager for General Motors? Service Technical College has also expressed concerns, saying that ?We?re finding we?re going to run short of technicians in the very near future. It?s already getting very difficult to get young people interested in this as a career.?
Unfortunately, many high school districts, one of the primary sources of new recruits, have cut budgets for auto repair programs. In schools where programs still exist, there is limited enrollment due to the costs of test equipment now involved. Luckily, some private organizations are trying new ways to promote automotive training. USA Today states that ?AAA (Automotive Automobile Association) reaches out to 900 vocational schools across the country to encourage stronger programs and more students.?
Although high school graduates can acquire basic maintenance automotive jobs, the major need will be for more highly trained technicians. These master mechanics are the most highly sought after in the profession because their training has prepared them to interpret clues and pinpoint problems, rather than simply read troubleshooting information off of a screen.
To meet the needs of the rapidly changing and expanding automotive industry, CDX Automotive, a division of Jones & Bartlett Learning, offers flexible automotive training for high school and post-secondary schools. CDX Automotive courses are among the world?s most popular automotive training tools used by thousands of institutions to introduce students to the principles and applications of automotive technology in an innovative and practical manner. Since 1994, CDX Automotive had set the standard for media-rich, online, and flexible automotive training programs that enhance instructional effectiveness, student engagement, and learning outcomes.
More than 2,000 high schools, vocational schools, community colleges, community fleets, established auto shops, and corporations in over 50 countries have benefited from CDX Automotive?s unique Know-See-Do-Prove instructional model.
CDX Automotive?s comprehensive yet flexible online training programs helps instructors and administrators meet their instructional goals by aligning the curriculum to specific industry or country-specific training standards, while providing easy to use assessment and reporting tools that help instructors evaluate their students? performances. Learn how at www.cdxauto.com or contact your account manager for more information.
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