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Tom Wood Volkswagen Noblesville

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25 minutes ago

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🔧 Start your engines—and your career!
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Tom Wood Volkswagen Noblesville

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Would you be important is it to receive information about regular tech training programs or apprenticeships in your place of work?
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Tom Wood Porsche

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about 8 hours ago

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Happy Birthday to our Service Advisor Shane!
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Fields Jaguar Land Rover Jacksonville

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about 20 hours ago

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Fields Land Rover had a Casino Event Celebration for the the Service Department for successfully breaking the service record!!! The top 3 employees each received a $200 gift card.
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Belton High School

Belton, TX

about 22 hours ago

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ASE certs

Our Auto Tech students earned a total of 58 entry level ASE certs this school year!
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Hot Rod High School

Lake Stevens, WA

about 23 hours ago

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Basic Class Lesson of the Day: Tire Inspection
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Richland Community College (Automotive Technology)

Decatur, IL

about 24 hours ago

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Finishing up the Year

We are finishing up are Spring semester and have successfully completed out first full year for out EV/Hybrid Courses.
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WrenchWay

about 24 hours ago

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Happy Mother’s Day to All, Shop Moms Included

Whether you're a mom or just bring those mom vibes to work, which “mom move” have you caught yourself doing in the shop?
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Lunghamer Ford of Owosso

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1 day ago

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Happy Birthday Jim!!
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Tom Wood Porsche

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1 day ago

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Happy Birthday to our Gold Meister Tech Dan!
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Tom Wood Volkswagen

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1 day ago

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Jr certified technician working on a intake manifold on a Jetta.
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Tom Wood Subaru

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1 day ago

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💐 Happy Mother’s Day from all of us at Tom Wood Subaru! 💐
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Toyota of Corvallis

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Detail Spotlight: Zach + This Toyota Supra = Perfection!
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Tom Wood Subaru

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1 day ago

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Happy, Happy Birthday Dan!!!
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Tom Wood Subaru

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1 day ago

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Way to go guys!
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Brian Day

We will reimburse a tech for passing their ASE's. We also give them time to sign up for and complete training modules during the day which are offered by other training establishments such as WTI (WorldPac)

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Mike Jones

As a 6 time recertified ASE master technician with L1. I can tell you it means a lot to me but not so much to others. Job posts usually state “ASE certifications preferred but not required”. What is that saying to Mechanics? That certificates of competency are meaningless. Through the years many fellow Mechanics have called me a “paper tiger” or “book smart”. I never let that deter me from obtaining all the training and certifications I could. Knowledge is power. And that power, along with Almighty GODs blessing has kept me in this business for 37 years. I don’t know where all those non book smart mechanics went…

Tom Welk

When I was a tech our shop paid for our ASE tests and registration before we took tests and if we failed we had to pay back for what we didn't pass. It worked for awhile then tech took advantage and then we had to pay up front and then they would reimburse us after passing

Russell Wickham

I was an ASE "master" technician with less than 4 years under my belt. Anyone worth their salt knows a young person with less than 4 years experience is not a master. Master of answering test questions? Sure. Master at fixing cars? Not a chance. Because of that, I lost a lot of faith in the ASE system. However, when I took the L1, I was really challenged. You must know your stuff to pass that test, and I respect it and those who hold that designation. I would like to see a system that tests people hands on, actually diagnosing vehicles. That is a system I could get behind and have a lot of respect for.

Craig Zale

We pay for ASE training material, Pay for the testing (pass or fail), Pay for the tech to go to training if it is over or outside of their pay plan. Pay plans are set up to pay more for the number of ASE certs you have and even more for advanced certs. Eventually this country will go "license required" "ASE" will probbly be the "vehicle" to regulate it and those that have it will find themselves way ahead of the game. Let's face it you have to have a license in most states to cut hair or paint fingernails.

Jay Goninen

You run a heck of a program, Craig!

Dale Techel

Pass or fail, techs pay their own ASE tests. I debate whether they are worth the money to take with no reward from taking them. (edited)

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Tom Wood Volkswagen Noblesville

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Fields Jaguar Land Rover Jacksonville

Belton High School

ASE certs

Hot Rod High School

Richland Community College (Automotive Technology)

Finishing up the Year

WrenchWay

Happy Mother’s Day to All, Shop Moms Included

Lunghamer Ford of Owosso

Tom Wood Porsche

Tom Wood Volkswagen

Tom Wood Subaru

Toyota of Corvallis

Tom Wood Subaru

Tom Wood Subaru

Brian Day

Brian Day

Mike Jones

Tom Welk

Russell Wickham

Craig Zale

Jay Goninen

Dale Techel

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