Careers in the Automotive Industry

1. Some of the high-tech systems on auto mobiles today that were unheard of 30 years ago are the nation’s fleet of vehicles: stability and traction control systems, adaptive cruise control and variable valve timing, just to name a few. 
2. Areas that young people should have skills in for a career as an automotive technician is young persons with math , science, communications and technical skills.
3. Some advantages in obtaining an education as an automotive technicians versus other high-tech educational options are careers that require four, six, or even eight years of college, automotive technology careers can begin after just two years of education. 
4. Many new jobs and at what percentage of growth do they forecast will occur in the automotive technician field up to 2020 are expected to add 237,500 new jobs and have a 30 percent growth rate through 2020.
5. One thing that the automotive technician career is fairly "immune" to that has threatened other career is with the outsourcing of jobs picking up steam – first manufacturing jobs, now computer programming, customer call-center work, and accounting services all going overseas – it should be comforting to know that automotive service and repair is fairly immune to such moves.
6. Four other positions that an automotive technician can do in the automotive industry are parts distribution and wholesaling; collision repair, painting, and damage estimating; vehicle maintenance, repair, and performance upgrades; and motorsports.
7. The automotive technician role sometimes called "the portal career" because In fact, so many people have started their careers in the automotive aftermarket as an auto technician that it is viewed as something of a portal career. 

• Some aspects of being an automotive technician that I think I would enjoy is working on cars.
• One or two things that I found interesting about the video is seeing how they work are the cars.
• This notion of life-long learning and why it is important and necessary is you have to keep on learning because technology keeps on changing.
• I think some characteristics and skills someone should possess when considering a career as an automotive technician is knowing how to tell what's wrong with a car. 

Certification in the Automotive Industry

NATEF- The purpose of NATEF is to improve the quality of automotive technician training programs nationwide at secondary and post-secondary, public and proprietary schools.

SGS- The purpose of SGS is to manage your supply chain, provide safe and reliable vehicles, improve quality, efficiency and safety, and reduce environmental impact.

ASE- The purpose of ASE is to improve the quality of vehicle repair and service by testing and certifying automotive professionals.

Jobs in the Automotive Industry

The job I would enjoy the most is Classic car restorer because I like classic cars and it would be fun to restore them. 

The job I wouldn't enjoy is Automotive journalist