Thinking about a career change.
12-04-2008, 08:36 PM
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Thinking about a career change. I was just wondering what the demand and average salary for automotive techs are. I would really like to work somewhere that specializes in building performance engines/cars. Anybody in the Houston area willing to give me any info. I'm only about a semester away from getting my associates in Bussiness Admin and then I would be moving onto to Bussiness Management, but honestly I'm pretty tired of the whole corporate scene/bull-crap. Of course if I do decide to see this thru I would go to school for automotive technology.
12-04-2008, 08:54 PM
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good luck with that. Lots of places are laying people off right now because no ones coming in to have their cars fixxed, or paying for their services. If your truely interested in becoming a technician, wait till around march. Thats when things pick up, and people are willing to spend more money on their cars to fix it. Thats when you start to make some good money.
AVG pay is from like 12-18/hour depending on experence, and knowledge. If you know your ****, you may start out at 15/hour and work your way up. Soon as a dealership sees how much you know, and how well your work ethics are. You can easily become unexpendable to them. Flag hours is where its at during most times of the year, but around christmas time... Hourly pay is nice.
goodluck with your career change, if you decide to persue it!
AVG pay is from like 12-18/hour depending on experence, and knowledge. If you know your ****, you may start out at 15/hour and work your way up. Soon as a dealership sees how much you know, and how well your work ethics are. You can easily become unexpendable to them. Flag hours is where its at during most times of the year, but around christmas time... Hourly pay is nice.
goodluck with your career change, if you decide to persue it!
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lolz!! my original class started out with like 12 guys and 100 chicks!!!
At first i was kinda sketchy about the whole male nurse thing... but after being to diff't hospitals etc,,, I actually love it... All the girls say the guys get treated better by instructors and nurses at the hospital... i kinda agree lol!!
Only weird part so far was doing my obstetric rounds... some pregnant women didnt want a male nurse to be involved helping deliver there baby.... but i completely understand.... I hated that entire semester!!
At first i was kinda sketchy about the whole male nurse thing... but after being to diff't hospitals etc,,, I actually love it... All the girls say the guys get treated better by instructors and nurses at the hospital... i kinda agree lol!!
Only weird part so far was doing my obstetric rounds... some pregnant women didnt want a male nurse to be involved helping deliver there baby.... but i completely understand.... I hated that entire semester!!
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good luck with that. Lots of places are laying people off right now because no ones coming in to have their cars fixxed, or paying for their services. If your truely interested in becoming a technician, wait till around march. Thats when things pick up, and people are willing to spend more money on their cars to fix it. Thats when you start to make some good money.
AVG pay is from like 12-18/hour depending on experence, and knowledge. If you know your ****, you may start out at 15/hour and work your way up. Soon as a dealership sees how much you know, and how well your work ethics are. You can easily become unexpendable to them. Flag hours is where its at during most times of the year, but around christmas time... Hourly pay is nice.
goodluck with your career change, if you decide to persue it!
AVG pay is from like 12-18/hour depending on experence, and knowledge. If you know your ****, you may start out at 15/hour and work your way up. Soon as a dealership sees how much you know, and how well your work ethics are. You can easily become unexpendable to them. Flag hours is where its at during most times of the year, but around christmas time... Hourly pay is nice.
goodluck with your career change, if you decide to persue it!
That kind of pay isn't too bad, especially if you actually enjoy what you do.
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ehhh its not the blood.. its more of feeling uncomfortable usually being the only male in the room... besides husband/boyfriend etc...
what'd you get to cut up in A&P??? cat, rat???
what'd you get to cut up in A&P??? cat, rat???
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I was in the room when Ernie's son was born (A nurse got sick at the last second, LOL) and I kinda got the same vibe. Luckily I didn't have to see anything.
We just finished a cat. It was pretty cool. One of the cats in our lab was pregnant with a siamese twin in her litter. It was pretty badass to see two heads on a little 3" kitten.
We just finished a cat. It was pretty cool. One of the cats in our lab was pregnant with a siamese twin in her litter. It was pretty badass to see two heads on a little 3" kitten.
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lol yeah i got a PILE of books, and im still 6 months away from graduating.... we go through an entire book in 8 weeks; I'm leaning towards the ICU setting myself.
which hospital is she working at?? Houston?
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I was in the room when Ernie's son was born (A nurse got sick at the last second, LOL) and I kinda got the same vibe. Luckily I didn't have to see anything.
We just finished a cat. It was pretty cool. One of the cats in our lab was pregnant with a siamese twin in her litter. It was pretty badass to see two heads on a little 3" kitten.
We just finished a cat. It was pretty cool. One of the cats in our lab was pregnant with a siamese twin in her litter. It was pretty badass to see two heads on a little 3" kitten.
i remember i had A&P at 730am... nothing like the smell of formaldehyde in the morning,,, Woke me up really fast...
12-05-2008, 11:39 AM
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No she worked agency for a while here in DFW but now she is 38Weeks preggo and about to domino. She will be a stay at home mom till our son is in school. She is kicking around going to school for CRNA (certified registered nurse anesthetist) for people like me who dont know
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Yeah that stuff smells pretty terrible especially when a hurricane rolls through and your cats sit in a hot *** closet for a week or so until the A/C can be turned back on.