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As with any successful career, knowledge of your trade, training and experience are all important, how other personality traits are needed to truly be great at your career. For an Automotive Technician, working on the following qualities will help you succeed in your career: Customer-service skills. Service technicians must discuss automotive problems-along with options to fix […]

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median annual wage for automotive service technicians and mechanics was $36,610 in May 2012. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The top 10 percent earned more than $60,070. In May […]

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of automotive service technicians and mechanics is projected to grow 9 percent from 2012 to 2022, about as fast as the average for all occupations. As the number of vehicles in use continues to rise, more entry-level service technicians will be needed to do basic maintenance and […]