You just responded to a post 15 years ago and to someone who’s passed away.
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@ChrisTheTireWhisperer I respectfully suggest you no longer mention you want to train to become a freshly minted auto mechanic in your 50s
Most guys that age are already looking forward to retirement in 10 - 15 years
Many of us have already paid off our major expenses, or are pretty far along
And anyone serious about training and learning has to be willing and able to observe the seasoned guys in the field and accept their guidance . . . if it’s been proven they do good and reliable work
Do NOT be “that guy” that spends several hours running around asking everyone how to do something and then proceeds to do it some other way and gets it all wrong
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I know these are basic examples, even my cats should know how to perform these tasks:
In what regards is setting a car’s tire pressures, at the shop, to, say, 3psi over vehicle placard spec, being it’s midday, and the car was probably driven there for service, “wrong”? Assuming OE size wheels and tires in place.
In what regards is gapping the spark plugs to vehicle mfg. spec. “wrong”, assuming we are using OE spec. plugs?
In what regards is it “wrong” to torque a customer’s wheel lugs to vehicle spec, instead of the shop default of 200 lbs ft (or however it’s expressed nowadays). Honda Accords prior to model year 2013 specified 80 ft lbs of torque. 2013 forward: 100.
db: Respectfully, I’m too old, and male, to apply for office support work nowadays. I was too “old” in my 40s for that kind of work. And besides, yes, there is a little s e x ism in the work place: Employers would prefer the first thing visitors see when they walk into a Fortune 1000 office is an attractive younger woman answering the phones, not some seasoned guy who would never take out his personal phone at the desk, or pop bubblegum or whatever.
To me an ASA certification is like a “college degree” or any other exam related “certification”.
Put another way, an attorney must simply pass the Bar exam to practice but would anyone hire an attorney in a significant Civil or Criminal case who may never has spent a minute in Court
For myself, I prefer a mechanic with demonstrated experience, particularly in my particular problem and vehicle.
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American Society of Anesthesiologist?
If you meant ASE; Automotive Service Excellence, those tests are not terribly difficult to pass. At the age of twenty, I passed all eight service category tests without attending an automotive trade school course.
Of the coworkers I’ve had in the past, I would estimate 20% have attended an automotive technical school. 30 years ago, it was fewer than 10%.
Some companies encourage their technicians to become ASE certified, but there is no direct connection between a technical degree and ASE certification.
ASE certification must be renewed every 4 years at a cost of $59 for each category plus a registration fee of $34 for a total of $506 for a Master Technician. Not every technician participates in the cert program.
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