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can you learn to be a mechanic without doing the whole apprenticeship thing??

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  • #32
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    rs8 wrote: »
    ata Technicians??

    I Got ata accredited to level 2(diagnostic technician) with my last job. Its a voluntary recognition rather then a qualification.

    You don't have to be qualified but you do need a minimum of experience within the industry.


  • #33
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,551 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Slidey wrote: »

    The department considers their training inadequate!

    Rightfully so I reckon :)


  • #34
    firefly08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 854 ✭✭✭firefly08


    Just to add to the recommended reading list - Haynes manuals are great, but Hilliers Fundamentals of Motor Vehicle Technology is a really good general introduction into how pretty much every aspect of a car works, and why it's made that way.

    It should help to fill you in on some of the background stuff that you'll never get from working on cars directly.


  • #35
    crosshair1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 555 ✭✭✭crosshair1


    As a mechanical engineer, running my own automotive business, I'd have to agree with what others have posted that on its own its not a qualification to work on vehicles.
    As far as mechanical repairs or fitter type work goes I dont think theres any substitute for hands on experience.
    To the op I dont think theres any fast track to becoming a mechanic, maybe you can read up and do a bit of diy stuff for yourself but beyond that without experience of varied work it would be difficult to progress.


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