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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Transportation
They are talking about this topic: Occupation-Specific Skills
The quotes below are about this issue:
Basic mechanical skills and aptitude. Mechanical skills and aptitude are essential in candidates, and yet they are often missing as schools move toward specialization. Broad mechanical training is essential.
| "Because as someone who runs a shop you need to know about the repairs..." | Central |
| "I'm not as concerned about if they have a diploma or not. As long as they have the certificate and they have the training. Then, at least I know that they've gone through the program and they're capable of doing it. They've seen the basics. They have some type of understanding of the theory of what they're going to be working on. And then once I get them in the store, then I can bring to the training group. And, I mean, they will go through 160 hours a year in training just to be in the store. So, I mean, it's something that you can bring them along it as you get them. But they've got to understand the basics." | Central |