This article is part of an ongoing series to highlight and promote the technician career — demonstrating to kids, parents, and teachers how becoming a technician is a rewarding career path that can be lucrative and open the door to many opportunities within the industry. Are you a technician who would like to be spotlighted?
Episode Description In this week’s episode of Beyond the Wrench, we are joined by Robert Auer, Fleet Manager, UPS. Robert gives us great insight as we cover many topics including: How to build stability in a shop, employee retention, managing different personalities, hiring process, and much more! Watch the Full Episode How to Build Stability
Episode Description In this week’s episode of Beyond the Wrench, we are joined by Kate Beirowski, Director of Sales, WrenchWay. We dive into how to tell if your shop is a great place to work. We discuss the importance of culture in a shop, what makes a shop stand out, and more! Watch the Full
Episode Description In this week’s episode of Beyond the Wrench, we are joined by Jody DeVere, CEO, AskPatty.com to discuss how to know if your shop is female-friendly, normalizing how men and women work together in a shop, and tips to become a female-friendly shop. Watch the Full Episode Communication Between Men and Women Shops
Episode Description In this week’s episode of Beyond the Wrench, we are joined by Josh Carton, Managing Director and Founder, Curien, to discuss the future of diagnostics, how it is affecting technicians, what Curien is doing to help, and much more! Watch the Full Episode Where Diagnostics is Going and the Effects on Industry Every
Episode Description In this week’s episode of Beyond the Wrench, we are joined by Scott Brown, Industry Ambassador at Diagnostic Network, to discuss what the future holds for the automotive industry. We discuss the importance of ADAS, the functionality of new tools, how to teach without overwhelming new technicians, and much more! Watch the Full
Episode Description In this week’s episode of Beyond the Wrench we are joined by Dan Klecker and Margaret Ragan to discuss how shops and schools can work together to get more students involved in the automotive industry, youth apprenticeship programs, and much more! Watch the Full Episode Why Shops are Reluctant to Hire Younger Kids
Episode Description In this week’s episode of Beyond the Wrench, we are joined by Cindy Barlow, Director of Internal Relation at WyoTech to discuss challenges students are experiencing, the importance of professionalism, how shops can help new techs, and much more! Watch the Full Episode Challenges Students are Experiencing Students are overwhelmed because the need
Episode Description Do you struggle with test anxiety? Don’t worry — ASE’s Renewal App is making it easier for technicians to stay up-to-date on their training. On this week’s episode of Beyond the Wrench, we are joined by Kevin Lekas, Project Manager, Special Testing Programs at ASE to explain anything and everything you need to
Episode Description Forty-two percent of technicians leave the industry within the first two years (ASE). We need to ask ourselves, why is this percentage so high? What is causing new technicians to leave the industry and find a new career path? In this week’s episode of Beyond the Wrench, we are joined by Laura Lyons,
