Anyone hiring apprentice mechanics?

JSherwin08

Does anyone know of any garages or mechanics taking on apprentices in Dublin at the moment? I need a garage or mechanic to sponsor me so I can register with FAS.

Welease

Location would help...

I think posting here is a long shot..

Have you done any background work for this? Have you studied up on cars? which cars have you worked on? Why should a garage offer you an a place over someone else?

Once you have all this.. then have you visited garages in your locale and spoke to them all individually?

I'd imagine its pretty touch to get a place right now, and if you don't put some serious effort into this then your competition will... Best of luck.

JSherwin08

Welease wrote: »

Location would help...

Sorry mate, in Dublin.

brickbuddy1

JSherwin08 wrote: »

Sorry mate, in Dublin.

http://www.jobs.ie/ApplyForJob.aspx?Id=1145906

found this if its any use best of luck and hope ya get sumthin soon

Syllabus

brickbuddy1 wrote: »

http://www.jobs.ie/ApplyForJob.aspx?Id=1145906

found this if its any use best of luck and hope ya get sumthin soon

thats the old address. dont send anything to it. put your cv into any fastfit/firststop and it will get to headoffice. its not a normal apprenticeship btw. afaik you wont have a full qualification at the end of it. as in, fastfit dont do heavy engine work or electrics. you wont learn about abs or srs. by the time you get to phase 4 off the job you will be very far behind your peers. you'll spend most of your day doing punctures and tyres.

also the wage is 150pw +bonus for a 1st yr. bonus would be app. 20-50pw

Syllabus

Syllabus wrote: »

........ its not a normal apprenticeship btw. afaik you wont have a full qualification at the end of it.............

That would make sense
Strangely though, the add says it's a full apprenticeship.

In fairness lots of the learning would be done on block release at Fas I expect. And of course, the vast majority of mechanics know sfa about electrics, hence why any decent auto spark is a very busy chap

Paddy001

Bus Eireann are supposed to be taking on apprentice mechanics all around the country.

Guy:Incognito

Syllabus wrote: »

thats the old address. dont send anything to it. put your cv into any fastfit/firststop and it will get to headoffice. its not a normal apprenticeship btw. afaik you wont have a full qualification at the end of it. as in, fastfit dont do heavy engine work or electrics. you wont learn about abs or srs. by the time you get to phase 4 off the job you will be very far behind your peers. you'll spend most of your day doing punctures and tyres.

also the wage is 150pw +bonus for a 1st yr. bonus would be app. 20-50pw

Surely you get the same qualification as any mechanic? You'd be going through the same off the job phases with Fas. Plenty of lads I was in Fas with (plumbing) had spent their whole time hanging unistrut or never done anything other than welding. They all get the same plumbing qualification at the end, providing they pass their tests.

Syllabus

RoverJames wrote: »

...the vast majority of mechanics know sfa about electrics, hence why any decent auto spark is a very busy chap

granted, the elec example wasnt ideal. my elec is very basic and im 14 yrs in. althought i abhor electrics and will never want to know anymore than i do right now.

RoverJames wrote: »

That would make sense
Strangely though, the add says it's a full apprenticeship.

In fairness lots of the learning would be done on block release at Fas I expect......

its only the info i was given that im going on but let me ask you. how far into your training were you before you did a head or engine rebuild or stripped a gearbox. i can assure you, out of the 15 depots in dublin that have apprentices maybe 5 of them will EVER get to do any of this during the on the job phase. so when they reach the classroom they will have a fraction of the technical knowledge or practical know how of their peers.

1 apprentice lasted a day, another 4 days, several a week or 2. even a mechanic that was taken on only lasted 3 hrs.

Syllabus

Syllabus wrote: »

.......... how far into your training were you before you did a head or engine rebuild or stripped a gearbox........

I'm not a mechanic, wouldn't tackle any of them unfortunately, only the easy DIY stuff for me

Syllabus

RoverJames wrote: »

I'm not a mechanic, wouldn't tackle any of them unfortunately, only the easy DIY stuff for me

why did i think you were a mechanic