Weekly $500 Prize + $500 School Donation
MIKE ZELEK, 31 YEARS IN AUTOMOTIVE.
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Thank you John Liford of Hunter Engineering for your donation of the, new to us, DSP 600 Alignment machine with 2022 software and computer. With this equipment we can provide training and experience to our students.
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Want to work on these trucks? We're hiring!
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Technician Spotlight: Maci Warner
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Congratulations Ian McKenzie for placing 1st in our local community college Automotive Technology competition. Ian is also headed to state SKILLSUSA for state this year.
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Shout out to our awesome Shop Crew!
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Sparks are flying at Fleet Direct Truck and Trailer Sales!
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My name is Jared I have been with beltway going on 4 years, I am currently the shop foreman and I enjoy building transmissions and engines
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Celebrated Opening Day with our Astros gear. Go Astros!
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My name is Billie, I am 38 yrs and I am currently the office manager and service writer for the company. This July I will have been here for 4 yrs now. I have come along way since I had started not really knowing a whole lot other then working on my own cars.
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Billie our office manager and service writer has now been with us for almost 4 years coming this July. Shout out to her for completing the MACS testing. Thank you for being part of our team here at Campus Repair.
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This shop is more into Football, fishing and hunting. Had a great week, Thank you Tom and Dave for a great week.
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Got some new advertisement on the windows of the bay doors, and new sign done this month.
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Christian Lawrence and Ian McKenzie have placed 1st and 3rd in SkillsUSA Alabama for the 2nd year in a row. Christian finished 2nd in state last year and Ian finished 4th. This year they plan on taking 1st and 2nd. Christian Lawrence currently is an apprentice at our local GM dealer and will be entering the ASEP program along with Ian McKenzie this following fall semester.
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When was the last time you listened to our podcast, Beyond the Wrench?
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The age-old debate: Do you refer to yourself as a technician or mechanic? In a recent poll, 46% of our audience said “technician” while another 41% said it doesn’t matter.
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Mechanic, technician, grease monkey, parts slinger, wrench, goober, whatever, I literally do not care. I actually think that's a very big problem because I am highly skilled at what I do thanks to an expert teacher. In the military, my verse was Psalm 144:1, "Blessed be the Lord my rock who teaches my hands to war and my fingers to fight." When I left the military, I prayed, "Father, my business is no longer war, but if you can teach my hands to war, can you also teach them to wrench?" He sends me just enough that I struggle with to keep me humble, but we fix a lot of cars, so when I say I am highly skilled, that's not me bragging. As a highly skilled person, I should be concerned with the terms used to address members of this trade. However, I'm not because at least here in the United States, any person with a quick mouth and a few tools can call themselves a mechanic or "technician" and get a job, screw everything up for everyone and not get fired because, "He sells lots of parts and turns lots of hours and we need him." Not everyone can be highly skilled, but everyone could be ethical and they are not, which gives the industry a bad name. So, when someone asks me, I tell them, "I am a wrench." "Well, what do you do?" "I fix cars."
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