"Tech Certified" ???
02-22-2008, 01:45 PM
#21
D.R. THE PATHETIC DORK
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: West Virginia
Posts: 30,863
RE: "Tech Certified" ???
ORIGINAL: dimebag
[8D]eh, i give out really ****ty info.... i do work in the field tho, lol
[8D]eh, i give out really ****ty info.... i do work in the field tho, lol
02-22-2008, 03:14 PM
#23
6th Gear Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: new jersey
Posts: 6,635
RE: "Tech Certified" ???
ORIGINAL: mjr46
not at all!!I don't need an internet title to make myself feel good about myself...and for that matter all the ones hanging on the wall at work....the only thing that really matters at all to me is at the end of the day week or month have I resolved.repaired the customers complaint..cause the pieces of paper on the wall don't do that....I'll tell you what a highly decorated mercedes master guild tech = highest honor for a mercedes tech..told me......he said while working at a independent repair shop for meager pay..look what all those pieces of paper and awards got me!!.........needless to say I understood what he meant.....so whether or not your name carries a title above it makes you no better or worse than one who has one
not at all!!
I don't need an internet title to make myself feel good about myself...and for that matter all the ones hanging on the wall at work....the only thing that really matters at all to me is at the end of the day week or month have I resolved.repaired the customers complaint..cause the pieces of paper on the wall don't do that....I'll tell you what a highly decorated mercedes master guild tech = highest honor for a mercedes tech..told me......he said while working at a independent repair shop for meager pay..look what all those pieces of paper and awards got me!!.........needless to say I understood what he meant.....so whether or not your name carries a title above it makes you no better or worse than one who has one
02-22-2008, 03:54 PM
#24
6th Gear Member
Join Date: May 2006
Location: earleville md
Posts: 10,357
RE: "Tech Certified" ???
classes went fine, yea that damn auto trans class... but i took this semester off.... honestly im learning more at work then i learned in the last year and a half of college...
for what its worth, i only have one class left... engine performance(not high perf. just how they perform and work)
ive taken
intro
electrical
a/c
brakes
manual trans/drive train
auto trans
engine repair
and honestly, ive learned more in the last few months at work, then i did there.
for what its worth, i only have one class left... engine performance(not high perf. just how they perform and work)
ive taken
intro
electrical
a/c
brakes
manual trans/drive train
auto trans
engine repair
and honestly, ive learned more in the last few months at work, then i did there.
02-22-2008, 06:07 PM
#25
D.R. THE PATHETIC DORK
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: West Virginia
Posts: 30,863
RE: "Tech Certified" ???
ORIGINAL: dimebag
classes went fine, yea that damn auto trans class... but i took this semester off.... honestly im learning more at work then i learned in the last year and a half of college...
for what its worth, i only have one class left... engine performance(not high perf. just how they perform and work)
ive taken
intro
electrical
a/c
brakes
manual trans/drive train
auto trans
engine repair
and honestly, ive learned more in the last few months at work, then i did there.
classes went fine, yea that damn auto trans class... but i took this semester off.... honestly im learning more at work then i learned in the last year and a half of college...
for what its worth, i only have one class left... engine performance(not high perf. just how they perform and work)
ive taken
intro
electrical
a/c
brakes
manual trans/drive train
auto trans
engine repair
and honestly, ive learned more in the last few months at work, then i did there.
02-22-2008, 08:11 PM
#26
The Rogue Mod
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Maryland Sucka's!!
Posts: 21,918
RE: "Tech Certified" ???
ORIGINAL: Albizo66
oh helpin out friends huhh, looks like we got some corruption on our hands! haha
ORIGINAL: PRO50SC
[8D]
ORIGINAL: mjr46
ahh ha so that's the criteria!!..good to know..a month or two ago I asked this question but to a moderator just out of curiosity and he was very instrumental in helping apply the label to me...I didn't seek it out but was very gracious for his effort to have it applied to me.......only question I could add is how do you prove you work in the field?? cause I know one or two that have the title that don't..in my case it'd of been hard to fudge that one cause the mod that got it for me knows me personally
ORIGINAL: JD1969
We have decided that to be tech certified you must work in the repair feild and be able to show a proven track record of good advice at this site. I know that there are many techs out there who know less than some hobbiests but we need to have some guide lines. We want to make sure that a certified memeber is going to give out advice that can be trusted.
We have decided that to be tech certified you must work in the repair feild and be able to show a proven track record of good advice at this site. I know that there are many techs out there who know less than some hobbiests but we need to have some guide lines. We want to make sure that a certified memeber is going to give out advice that can be trusted.
..good to know..a month or two ago I asked this question but to a moderator just out of curiosity and he was very instrumental in helping apply the label to me...I didn't seek it out but was very gracious for his effort to have it applied to me.......only question I could add is how do you prove you work in the field?? cause I know one or two that have the title that don't..in my case it'd of been hard to fudge that one cause the mod that got it for me knows me personally
02-22-2008, 08:25 PM
#28
Yukon Cornelius
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: deep in the heart of dixie GEORGIA
Posts: 11,808
RE: "Tech Certified" ???
ORIGINAL: JD1969
We have decided that to be tech certified you must work in the repair field and be able to show a proven track record of good advice at this site. I know that there are many techs out there who know less than some hobbiests but we need to have some guide lines. We want to make sure that a certified member is going to give out advice that can be trusted.
We have decided that to be tech certified you must work in the repair field and be able to show a proven track record of good advice at this site. I know that there are many techs out there who know less than some hobbiests but we need to have some guide lines. We want to make sure that a certified member is going to give out advice that can be trusted.
i work in the field, Although mainly in the auto body field. I'm a collision repair painter. I hold a degree in both collision repair, and auto mechanics I did two 2 yr courses. In may im gonna start knocking out all my core classes and maybe see if i can teach collision repair at the local community college for a supplemental income.
02-22-2008, 08:34 PM
#29
6th Gear Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: new jersey
Posts: 6,635
RE: "Tech Certified" ???
ORIGINAL: mjr46
that's generally what happens.....you often learn more in the field than you do in class.. but the classes give you the basis to apply theroy and understand it to real life cases/cars you work on...........I learn more at work than I ever did in school cause they are real life situations and when I think back on them I can relate to what was said in class
ORIGINAL: dimebag
classes went fine, yea that damn auto trans class... but i took this semester off.... honestly im learning more at work then i learned in the last year and a half of college...
for what its worth, i only have one class left... engine performance(not high perf. just how they perform and work)
ive taken
intro
electrical
a/c
brakes
manual trans/drive train
auto trans
engine repair
and honestly, ive learned more in the last few months at work, then i did there.
classes went fine, yea that damn auto trans class... but i took this semester off.... honestly im learning more at work then i learned in the last year and a half of college...
for what its worth, i only have one class left... engine performance(not high perf. just how they perform and work)
ive taken
intro
electrical
a/c
brakes
manual trans/drive train
auto trans
engine repair
and honestly, ive learned more in the last few months at work, then i did there.
02-22-2008, 08:37 PM
#30
The Rogue Mod
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Maryland Sucka's!!
Posts: 21,918
RE: "Tech Certified" ???
I guess it really depends on the teachers. When I was in tech school, it was a joke. I knew more than most of our instructors. My classmates all wondered what I was doing there. At the time, it was for mearly a piece of paper, nothing else. I got very little out of that course.