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The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Transportation

They are talking about this topic: Current Continuing Education

 

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Employers see the continuing education of incumbent workers as essential. Many employers, particularly those who hire technicians and general automotive repair workers currently provide ongoing education for their employees.

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"My perspective is that manufacturing does a pretty good job of dealing with the state-of-the-art technology, the newer technology that's coming out and keeping us up to speed [with] training. So we've got that luxury...but we do have a very good training program for GM." Metro
"I don't think anything's fully changed in that regard. I mean, this industry has always involved an ongoing commitment to continuing education, just because of the continuing technological evolvement of the vehicles. So you know, as far as gaps with experienced techs, my take on that would be, it really hasn't changed. You've always had to make that investment in continuing education." Metro
"You can call it continuous education too. I send them to classes a couple times a month." Metro
"They'll always be going to classes, and there are classes available for incumbent [workers]. There's lots of training that out there that exists. You have to seek it out and find it, but it's there, but the seed needs to be planted early on that this is never going to end because it's an ever-changing environment. Once you finish school, you're not done and you don't go back. It's always happening." Metro