The median annual salary for automotive service technicians and mechanics …show more content…
Many employers prefer to hire a service tech who has completed a training program at a vocational school or postsecondary learning institution. Typically, service technicians undergo on-the-job training as part of a formal education program. After gaining two to five years of hands-on experience, these newcomers become fully fledged technicians. They typically begin as trainee techs, technician's helpers or lubrication workers and learn virtually every type of repair in a one- to two-year time frame. To boost future job prospects, both opportunities and pay, newly hired auto technicians would seek industry certification once they are brought on