Need Some Opinions Here (long read)

[black heartbeat]

Originally Posted by bottledbird68

Yup, brakes and suspension/steering were the two ase certs I had (let them lapse though, it's been years since I've worked in a mechanical garage).

Both were pretty common sense. Only thing I will say is study up good on abs, that was the only thing that almost tripped me up on the brakes test.

And fwiw if I were still in business or were ever to reopen I'd take someone with real world work experience over a slip of paper from a school any day. School is great for theory but it can't teach common sense. Most of the real world is common sense and the best way to get that is by hands on real world work.

I've just found that its difficult to get a job to get a lot of real hands on experience without having it already. you know what I mean?