Employer Quotes

The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Transportation

The quotes below are about this issue:
IT skills and diagnostic skills are important.

Employer Quote	Region
"And to have the diagnostic equipment to be able to understand and learn those functions...all my technicians in the shop, they've got their own laptops at their own station. They hook wirelessly up to the new cars. They perform module updates, whether it be the electronic control module, transmission control module. It's not done with a wire anymore. It's done wirelessly from their laptop through the diagnostic equipment to the vehicle. And looking into the future and talking to the instructors for the manufacturers, that's only going to grow. And I can understand from a teaching standpoint, that's a pile of money obviously."	Northwest
"So, yeah, it's not the old way it used to be. People understand that, also. It's not a Saturday afternoon mechanic type thing or shade tree mechanic. It's not that anymore. If there's something wrong with the car, you come walking out with a scan tool or a computer or something like that and figure it out. It's not the greasy mechanic anymore."	Northwest
"Q: But it sounds like it's a combination of the IT stuff and hands-on mechanic stuff, and automation, and use of computers. A: Exactly, because you might be handy with your hands, but if [IT] is not something you're capable of, you're never going to be successful."	Northwest
"It may contain some IT stuff that's really high-end, and then it relates to a brake repair, or something. So this [person] that's going to work on cars, he's got to be skilled at many levels."	Northwest