What was your experience with cars or trucks growing up? A new wave of diesel technicians is entering the field. However, there's a gap that needs addressing. In the past, many first learned hands-on from a parent. Being under a hood was a big part of their childhood. Today though, as modern vehicles get more and more complicated, it’s much rarer to see a dad pop the hood of their own car. You can’t teach what you don’t know. “The technology is growing exponentially,” says Martin Redilla, Education Manager of HDA Truck Pride. Thankfully, formal education is stepping up to fill this gap. It's equipping the next generation with the skills they need. Who taught you about working on vehicles? Follow The Heavy Duty Parts Report brought to you by FinditParts, so you never miss out on great conversations that empower heavy-duty people. 🎧 #DieselTechnician #Training #HeavyDutyParts #BeHeavyDuty #HeavyDutyPartsReport
VISIPARTS
11mo
We are building parts visibility technology that opens up communication between the supplier, the distributor, and the end-user customer. One of the reasons this is needed is the lack of experience in the field. We need open communication with everyone in the supply chain so that vehicles can be repaired as quickly as possible and there is a real gap in knowledge out there.
So, true, we see that with our fuel injection products, the older generation knows vehicles, but the younger generation is very reliant on diagnostic tools (partly because they have to be, partly because they don't know equipment) and there is a lot of training needed.
Jamie Irvine
11mo
Martin Redilla, thank you for being our guest this week.
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11moAs a GenXer, the cars we owned in the 1980s and 1990s really sucked. It wasn't like the generation before who were working on muscle cars of the 1960s. I was lucky to live in a part of the world that still had 1970s with V8s and I enrolled in a cooperative education plan with an auto shop down the street. By the time my brother, 7 years my junior, came along, everything was turning electronic. Now we both drive modern cars and honestly other than routine maintenance like oil changes and brakes we don't work on our vehicles.