Shop Experience

I have spent 25 hours at United Performance and they are filled with moments of learning that I wont forget. When I first thought about how I'm going to just approach this shop and ask to spend time there, it was kind of out of my comfort zone. I learned so much even in the super short time that I had spend watching Edmund do what he does on a daily basis. Edmund is a wonderful technician who makes sure everything is perfect before return. He always emphasized on double checking every job, from his experience, this is one of his greatest tips.
Day to day technicians diagnose and solve the car problems of other people. It can be exhausting because some people don't think about the mechanically soundness of their car. They just get in and drive till it needs to be fixed again. It makes the job unnecessarily harder for the technician. At one point the lady brought in an old car that has been sitting in a parking lot for three years, headlights smashed, hoses leaking, and all the bad things you could find in a car. It's jobs like these that make a technician wonder what some people are thinking.
Although I am quite enthusiastic about cars, I don't believe that being an automotive technician will be the right path for my career. It is a hobby, but from what my cousins have told me, the automotive technician job opportunities is quite low right now, since they switched to the medical field. When I first signed up for Universal Technical Institute, I was so stoked that I was going to learn, but going there costs just so much for a year of training. I believe that straying from this career path will save me a little bit of hardship in the future. The short experience in the shop is unforgettable and it has shown some light to me about my still somewhat hazy future. I hope to see them soon again.