Tool & Career Advice for Young Technicians

We are proud to welcome Daniel Diaz, Service Technician at Braman BMW Miami (and rising TikTok star)! In this episode, Daniel offers advice to young technicians on purchasing tools, encourages all technicians to keep learning, and emphasizes the importance of finding the right shop management and support as a new technician.
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About Our Host:
Jay Goninen
Co-Founder & President, WrenchWay
[e-mail] | 608.716.2122
About Our Guest:
Daniel Diaz
Service Technician, Braman BMW Miami
Follow on TikTok: / bmwdanieldiaz
Sponsor:
Universal Technical Institute: a place that provides opportunity for passion to become purpose. For training to lead toward a career. For over 55 years, UTI’s family of schools has helped students pursue their passion in exciting fields like transportation, skilled trades and energy. There’s a reason why students choose us and top brands hire our graduates. Reputation and commitment. Our relationships with some of the world’s most recognizable brands allow students to gain specific knowledge.
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[@GearheadSchool]

Tomorrow morning I will be driving 3 hours to make a presentation to all the students in a high school automotive program. I will cover all the aspects of transitioning from a high school automotive program to a post secondary automotive program and on to a working automotive technician. One of my main goals is to make sure the students understand how "private for-profit" automotive schools, such as UTI, differ from state supported automotive degree programs.
I consider myself a subject matter expert on post secondary automotive training and they will get the facts on actual program costs, credit transfer policies, etc. between all the automotive training options. If you are ever interested in doing a show on this topic, I will give you the same deal that I gave the high school, no charge :)
Grant

[@oj4249]

Is there a future for automotive technicians with EV’s? 🤔. Always wanted to become a tech but EVs making it seem scary as well as not having a passion to work on EVs as well.

[@jaygoninen8947]

There is a pretty bright future for techs in the EV space. You have obviously got to be good with electrical but there is a lot of opportunity and will continue to be even more. With that being said, there will be plenty of traditional internal combustion engine vehicles for many years. Manufacturers such as Toyota are going to more of a hybrid route than straight EV. Things will obviously change but loss of opportunity in the future.