CAREER CHANGE: How do you become a mechanic?

[Mr Blue]

i went to a local mechanics college.

passed etc. was great

they find you a place to work too which helps. You might need to hussle abit on the side as aprentis money is peanuts  but once your qualified its all good

 

[kniterider]

i left school at 16 in er... 1991.. i did 1 year at college doing b tec 1st diploma in motor vehicle engineering then 2 years following doing the btec national diploma (not sure what these equate to in modern qualifications??), i also did my nvq's in welding and fabrication along side these courses, when i left college at 18 1/2 there were f00k all jobs for mechanics unless you wanted £35 a week yt places..... not for me.. did a stint at safeways and then in a fabrication shop till i was 21 as money was nice and enabled me to buy cars   then i got a job where i am now as a maintenance engineer and electrician, i fix things for a living, and there more complicated than cars tbh, dont get me wrong i havent forgotten what i learnt, i still do most my own stuff from re building an engine to changing brakes... but there are times when i cant be @rsed and pay the grease monkeys to do it...

as with any dream/subject you can spend years of your life doing studying etc and at the end of it theres no job... choices choices, dont regret what ive done, and i earn a hell of a lot more than a grease monkeys hourly rate so i think i made my choice wisely!!

but do what you think is right... youll soon know if youve done the right thing

 

[Mr Blue]

im a qualified electrician too gaz. like you say mechanics (grease monkeys) dont earn much but there is a shortage of them compaired to electricians and plumbers.

all in good time

[Stu.750]

Just work along the lines of never regret what ya have done always regret the things that you never did

    sod the money as long as you are happy , there is always the added bonus of doing work on the side to bump it up a bit , and like blue says , its all about the hustle

An when i started my apprentiship at 16 in 1999 i was earning £64 per week , for a full 40 hours , tho when i started bein useful the lads used to pay me cash in hand to come in on weekends just to grease stuff n top up oil .

[Lewy]

im a qualified electrician too gaz. like you say mechanics (grease monkeys) dont earn much but there is a shortage of them compaired to electricians and plumbers.

all in good time

I beg to differ! (sparky chimp)

[VR6_ROB]

i fancied a career change as a mechanic because valeting is sh!t and i can never be arsed to clean my own after doin
loads at work and i always enjoy working on my car i dont know a awful lot but i have learned many things

like fitting a vr6 motor into a mk2 lol
but if i was to change career as apprentice mechanic i could not afford to be on crapper money
i will just learn as i go along try find something mor suitable

do what you thinks best
would turn out good in the end