mechanics are one of the worst payed trades, very handy to do your own work but the pay is shocking in comparison to the amount of work that you do! unless you get to a service managers level.

baisc mechanics like alexxx said are paid poorley. the local head mechanics at my subaru dealership are paid around $22 an hour i was told, which isnt that impressive after many years in the trade. but if you were great at your work and did performance and what not i geuss you could go higher wage wise. but if its your passion then why not. or become a diesel mechanic get paid decently then go over to the mines and get paid 150K plus

if your going to try be qa maechanic get onto desiel mech as in trucks etc they get paid loads more

My younger brother dropped out of school and wanted to become a mechanic, besides getting the sh!t pay that you do as an apprentice all the mechanics i know told him that its a sh!t job. they dont like it but they have to because its the only thing they can do in this country. become a builder, formworker or carpenter. thats were all the $$$$ is(but also back breaking labour)..

NIK022;150860 wrote:

Ha, yeah mechanics is hell fun (sarcasm), except for when you write off, say a Impreza or Corrolla or Accord, whichever Maque, and have to pay the insurance out of your pay.

It's too late to become a mech at...19?(guessing), best way is to start in school with a school based traineeship, same with all trades, or join the ADF and work on my heli now there's an idea, you'd make ADF standards easy and be on a cool 30k while you train.

Nick

!YVAN EHT NIOJ

that's what i was thinking of doing...

i read that you can even join the army reserve as a mechanics apprentice and you will still get qualified that way...

that may or may not be my best option as it means i can still keep my "well paying" job and become a mechanic at the same time...

i guess i just feel like i'll enjoy being a mechanic a whole bunch more than i do sitting at a computer all day talking to idiots about stuff they'll never understand...

at the moment though, most (if not all) of my money goes into my car...

if i became a mechanic i would slowly make friends in the industry and would be able to do things a lot cheaper...

i plan on working on cars for the rest of my life... i don't see why making a job out of it would be a bad idea... (other than money)

besides... i'm slowly deciding that i don't have as much interest in IT as i used to (and that may or may not happen with mechanics too) but i'm sick of sitting in a chair all day and going home with an epic headache...

befour;150886 wrote:

Go for it then
Although there is a good chance youll go home with sore hands, back and head instead of just the headache ahaha but its worth it

theoretically, i'll be doing more work and keeping busy, so the days should go faster... that is enough to outway the negatives of sore hands and back (looks like i won't be stopping the chiropractic appointments either way... huh?)

XoN;150892 wrote:

Chiro?! Go see a physio and get your problem fixed instead of getting your back cracked twice a month.

**** yeah..... Don't start hitting the Chiro up all the time.. you'll never get out of there...

NIK022;150901 wrote:

Don't become a chocco.

and chiro....WTF? You're not that old, go play some sport.

Nick

lol


i have (relatively minor) scoliosis... my back = fcuked...

chiro helps (or is supposed to)

went to acupuncure/deep tissue massage yesterday... that sh!t hurt (the deep tissue massage... i.e. elbows in my shoulders etc) but seems to have worked better in 1 session than my chiro every could hope to...

befour;150909 wrote:

Hmm if you have an existing condition with your back then I would probably really do some hard thinking about becoming a mechanic, you will only make the problem worse......... but yeah upto you dude.

that's a good point that i didn't consider...

hmmm... makes the decision tougher...

are there any courses you can do that will teach you mechanic know how...??

The heaviest lifting I've seen in a workshop is taking out the bins. There'd be an abundance of aids to keep yourself active with your condition, although it sort of rules out the ADF. And I believe there would be some courses available through an open learning centre, perhaps a mechanical basics course offered nearby. If that fails than just get friendly with a mechanic and hang out on weekends and work on your cars. I'm lucky to know a lot of guys with in the Subaru dealerships up here, but start networking down there mate.


Nick

TAFE offers  pre-vocational automotive courses for light vehicles at all the tafes with automotive facilities, there are a few around. I think u can do courses from six months to two years depending on the hours u do a week. I did a tvet course while i was still at school which was 240 hours ( pretty much a year if u do one day a week). I can give you a list of the modules you would be likely to do if u did the course if ur interested

Will