The secret to attracting and retaining talent lies in the professional environment you create and adapting to the demands caused by the geographic area your operation is located in.
The school believes this digital hands-on experience will better prepare students for a career in the automotive world.
TMC’s new mobile app, based on the council’s technician skills competition, allows players to diagnose and repair virtual trucks.
Jayson Ramirez believes in providing a way for his employees to reach their professional goals.
Opportunities abound for you to recruit and retain…but are you taking the right actions that will pay off in results?
Improperly installed inverters are known to have caused truck fires. There’s no reason to avoid using an inverter — just make sure it’s installed by someone who knows what they are doing.
One key reason for a current shortage of service technicians is the result of the flat-rate compensation plan, a contentious payment system that assigns standard times to complete a repair job. Many technicians assert that the flat-rate compensation plan under-compensates them in relation to other industries requiring similar skillsets.
A report from Utilimarc found that utility fleets are growing, but staff is not growing at the same rate. The ratio of vehicles to technicians is up 20% from 2010.
Next to finding and retaining technicians, one of the biggest challenges fleets face is keeping technicians trained. One solution? Bringing more technology into the shop — specifically augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR).
Peterbilt has opened the company’s fifth Peterbilt Technician Institute campus in Rancho Cucamonga, California.
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