HCC Automotive Program Achieves 100 Percent Placement Rate for Its Graduates Russell Rhodes Reports TAMPA, Florida – Many students in Hillsborough Community College’s automotive technology program find themselves with part-time jobs before they graduate. Peyton Wooton works at Courtesy KIA of Brandon. “I pretty much go straight from here to work,” he told FOX 13 […]
Month: February 2020
Auto mechanics warn of technician shortages as young people turn away from industry
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Local auto shop owners say mechanics are getting harder to find, in part because college-based training programs are becoming less common. “There is a shortage of technicians, especially good technicians,” said Jim Hein, owner of Tuffy Automotive Service Center, 6574 E Riverside Boulevard. “Young people don’t seem to want to get […]