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Knowledge of manufacturer-specific parts and service is important.

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"Q: So, for the folks that you are hiring, what do you end up having to train them on maybe more than you wish you did? What kind of skills are you looking for in those weak candidates that they're not coming in with?
A: Pretty much everything. I'm not trying to be funny about it, but skills coming out of the schools are some of the basics, and when they get to working on a particular brand of vehicle, some of those things are so specific that they need to have additional training at the stores. And most of your manufacturers have pretty good training programs that in order to meet certain levels, you have to go through and do certain testing."		 Central
"I think there needs to be a partnership. These students come out with basic knowledge, but it needs to be model-specific. Everybody's got their own scan tools. Everybody's got their own diagnostic procedures. You can work on a Chevrolet, but you're not going to go fix a BMW. It's not going to work. So they need the manufacturers to also step up with the educators and help provide model-specific training because they do have just the very basics. I mean, the schools, you can't hardly expect them to provide all the electronics for all the different makes and models. We're asking to give us better technicians, but on the other hand, they can't teach them. There are too many variables. So there needs to be a partnership. Toyota used to have the T10 program, which I think was very successful. So those things need to be tested." Central
"But I'd love to see a factory specific type training for Toyota, Chrysler or whatever it is, even a heavy truck for those folks as well." Central